Re:Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote and Defies U.K
by eyko on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:24PM
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> and in which they are not allowed to negotiate their own trade deals.
And that is a bad thing how exactly? What trade deals does the EU lack that the UK would've negotiated, had we been free to?
There are obvious reasons why the EU negotiates as a block (the nature of the single market), and why the UK cannot negotiate trade deals with third parties until it exits the bloc - for example, it's unknown if the UK will have access to the single market after leaving the bloc, and any trade deals with (for example) the US or China could be incompatible until the terms are clear.
And that is a bad thing how exactly? What trade deals does the EU lack that the UK would've negotiated, had we been free to?
There are obvious reasons why the EU negotiates as a block (the nature of the single market), and why the UK cannot negotiate trade deals with third parties until it exits the bloc - for example, it's unknown if the UK will have access to the single market after leaving the bloc, and any trade deals with (for example) the US or China could be incompatible until the terms are clear.