Should Britain set sail for an EFTA trade deal?
As the United Kingdom moves to formally separate itself from the European Union, Brexit supporters and detractors alike have recognised the right to negotiate trade agreements with the rest of the world as one of the major dividends of the process.
Britain now has a number of tracks it needs to progress on – what it can do unilaterally, bilaterally, even plurilaterally – through a like-minded group of countries, and in the WTO.
The Prime Minister stated unequivocally in her Lancaster House speech that the UK will not seek membership in the EU’s Single Market, and instead pursue “the greatest possible access …read more
Source: CapX
