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Re:UK votes to leave EU by zacketysack3 on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:59PM (#11966224)
As a free market supporter it is horrifying that protectionist sentiments reign supreme in the UK. Hopefully this does not foreshadow the US congressional and presidential elections in November.
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Re:UK votes to leave EU by ekianjo on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:08AM (#11966288)
It's actually a good thing for Free Market, since the UK will now be able to define what rules they want to play with, instead of having to rely on EU's bureaucrats.
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Re:UK votes to leave EU by nikdaheratik on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:16AM (#11966766)
For their internal markets maybe, but the EU is half of their exports. So either they stop exporting, or they follow the rules of the EU without having a say in them.

There are some good arguments for leaving, but this isn't one of them, IMO.

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by tuna-piano on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:01AM (#11966233)
Was this vote protectionist? I assume they'll just setup free trade deals with Europe, similiar to what Norway and Switzerland already have?
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