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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by mattmanser on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:28AM (#18920216)
Think of 27 people negotiating, all with very different agendas, versus one person with a clear agenda.

Why do you believe that the EU would be in a better position? It's like a rat king when it comes to negotiating, 27 countries pulling in different directions all with different desires.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by walkingolof on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:49AM (#18920330)
Access to the second largest common market in the world ?
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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by rmc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:07AM (#18920471)
Because the EU has a lot more to offer than the UK alone.
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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by mattmanser on Friday January 18, 2019 @08:12AM (#18939046)
It also has a lot wider range of industries to protect, so if the UK would be happy in scrapping food subsidies to let African food be competitive in our markets, but other countries like France want to retain subsidies for protectionism of their farmers, it's no dice.

That scenario is exactly what happened in the Doha Development Round.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by bromuro on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:57AM (#18937987)
The UE? I see just countries struggling with their own economies, and fighting against UE austerity rules.
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