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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by p4wnc6 on Friday June 24, 2016 @05:52PM (#11973786)
1% of GDP tied to a single trading partner and a single industry is a pretty big deal. Likewise, 4% of GDP in finance commerce to Germany is a big deal.

Seems like good evidence that the parties will want to ensure trading continues mostly the same as it has been. A big question is whether the rest of the EU would be able to block such arrangements. I don't think they will either want to or be able to.

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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by throwawaysocks on Friday June 24, 2016 @06:32PM (#11974003)
But the stickiness of geography for finance and autos are very different. Replicating a segment of London's financial sector in Frankfurt is easier than replicating BMW/VW to UK.
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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by smm2000 on Friday June 24, 2016 @10:29PM (#11974913)
Cars are ultimate commodity - you can buy Lexus or BMW and they are mostly equivalent. I am sure Toyota or Honda will be happy to sell cars in UK. Import to UK from EU is almost 1.5x higher than reverse. Tariffs will cost EU more than UK.
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