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Eugene

(61,807 posts) Thu Dec 15, 2016, 12:53 PM Dec 2016

Brexit trade deal could take 10 years, says UK's ambassador

Source: BBC

Brexit trade deal could take 10 years, says UK's ambassador

15 December 2016 UK Politics

A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain's ambassador to the EU has privately told the government.

The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers that the European consensus was that a deal might not be done until the early to mid-2020s.

He also cautioned that an agreement could be rejected ultimately by other EU members' national parliaments.

PM Theresa May said she wanted Brexit to be "smooth and orderly".

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Brexit trade deal could take 10 years, says UK's ambassador (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2016 OP

So they're going to leave the EU... Skinner Dec 2016 #1

Because they are afraid to admit that this misinformation-based referendum was a mistake. DetlefK Dec 2016 #2

Skinner

(63,645 posts)

1. So they're going to leave the EU...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 12:56 PM

Dec 2016

...and then try to recreate their former relationship with the EU with a massive trade deal? Why not just say "fuck it" and stay in the EU?

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

2. Because they are afraid to admit that this misinformation-based referendum was a mistake.

Reply to Skinner (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 01:02 PM

Dec 2016

Everybody knows that the voters were duped and the voters regret the result and want to take it back. But sticking to traditions is more important.

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