Britain will get a Brexit trade deal that 'satisfies no-one but with which everyone can live'
http://uk.businessinsider.com/brexit...k-like-2016-12
http://uk.businessinsider.com/brexit...k-like-2016-12
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“LONDON — Theresa May's government will struggle to negotiate a satisfactory trade deal with the European Union once Brexit is officially completed.
That's according to trade expert Angus Armstrong, who has contributed a chapter to a new report on Brexit produced by The UK in a Changing Europe and Political Studies Association.”
“LONDON — Theresa May's government will struggle to negotiate a satisfactory trade deal with the European Union once Brexit is officially completed.
That's according to trade expert Angus Armstrong, who has contributed a chapter to a new report on Brexit produced by The UK in a Changing Europe and Political Studies Association.”
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“Ultimately, Armstrong writes, neither the UK nor the EU will come out of negotiations satisfied with the deal — but will sign due to the importance of future UK-EU trade relations.
"Despite the fixation of the UK press on the triggering of Article 50, the key moment in the next six months will not be this but the EU response to it. The likely scenario is one of familiar EU negotiating territory: long interludes of tedium and small print, interspersed with episodes of late-night brinkmanship, leading eventually to a compromise that satisfies no-one but with which everyone can live. However, if the continental consensus is that the UK is still living on Fantasy Island, we could be heading for a showdown sooner than anyone expects."”
“Ultimately, Armstrong writes, neither the UK nor the EU will come out of negotiations satisfied with the deal — but will sign due to the importance of future UK-EU trade relations.
"Despite the fixation of the UK press on the triggering of Article 50, the key moment in the next six months will not be this but the EU response to it. The likely scenario is one of familiar EU negotiating territory: long interludes of tedium and small print, interspersed with episodes of late-night brinkmanship, leading eventually to a compromise that satisfies no-one but with which everyone can live. However, if the continental consensus is that the UK is still living on Fantasy Island, we could be heading for a showdown sooner than anyone expects."”
