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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @02:15PM (#23704638)
> but because it's the UK's largest trading partner and the largest trade bloc in the world.

The North American trade bloc (NAFTA/USMCA) is actually slightly bigger by both GDP and population, though the EU is, yes, the UK’s biggest trade partner.

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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by grey-area on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:00PM (#23705115)
OK second largest. It makes them a formidable interlocutor in negotiations, and the power imbalance means things will inevitably be decided in Berlin which impact the UK on regulations, trade, tariffs and FOM. The UK has little leverage and power in this relationship.
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