https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/5-principles-guide-britains-new-trade-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-principles-guide-britains-new-trade-policy Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/5-principles-guide-britains-new-trade-policy/#comment-452 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:01:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1214#comment-452 The key points are also relevant to the EU’s trade policy – to trade policy in general

]]> https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/5-principles-guide-britains-new-trade-policy/#comment-451 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:49:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1214#comment-451 Realistically, nothing is going to happen for a long while. Firstly it is quite possible that we stay in the common market, in which case EU trade deals apply to the UK. (Though the UK government won’t have a role in determining what will be in it, which using your concerns as a measuring rod is not necessarily a bad thing.) Even if we end up outside the common market, there may be a trade deal in place with the EU – this would be based on the EU’s current templates (they have lots of experience doing trade deals, though they all fall short of your requirements). And this deal may restrict what the UK can and cannot do. And at a minimum there will be a temporary deal, so the UK won’t be able to do anything for at least 5 years – other than continuing sending corrupt Tory ministers to make corrupt promises to corrupt regimes of course…

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