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. @AranchaGlezLaya is spot on that #Trade Agreements are means to manage interdependence not assert sovereignty. Here lies the rub: for pure Brexiteers, #Brexit is about asserting sovereignty from #EU hence #NoDeal described as “wonderful” solution by PM 1/ https://twitter.com/aranchaglezlaya/status/1338054342327345152
The quest to assert sovereignty seems strangely limited to EU, as, its logical corollary - to revisit all international arrangements that currently bind & limit UK sovereignty such as dependence on US for its #nuclear deterrent or its @NATO obligations - is never mentioned 2/
On #trade, this incongruence is most manifest. What is desired with any other trading partner than UK’s biggest one, is to complete ambitious Free Trade Agreements as quick as possible without public deliberation on what the acceptable degree of interdependence should be 3/
Indeed the FTAs entered into so far by UK essentially roll-over or are carbon copies of the pre-existing agreements negotiated by @EU_Commission @Trade_EU on UK behalf when an EU member #Japan #Canada...sovereignty very much in the eye of the beholder then ENDS
