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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by buckminster on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:37PM (#15761647)
The EU is the largest economy. And the UK already had a deal with it.
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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by PeachPlum on Thursday November 23, 2017 @02:29AM (#15763473)
And we are a net importer, they won't throw that away

We import more from Germany than France does.

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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by lhopki01 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @02:52AM (#15763558)
And we will continue to even if we don't have a deal because we don't produce those things at home.
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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by robotresearcher on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:59PM (#15766723)
That's because France still has a domestic car industry.
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