Jeremy Warner writes in The Telegraph but there is an odd thing about his two most recent columns. The first one (HERE) suggests we are going to struggle with trade deals saying:
"The brutal truth is that the only FTAs that have a lot of impact in terms of trade and investment flows are those between geographically proximate partners. The most important of these are NAFTA and the EU. Those between distant countries tend to be far less effective. Let’s have more trade with the rest of the world by all means, but best not to be naïve about it; there is no pot of gold at the end of the free trade rainbow".
But the second one must have followed Mr Warner receiving a stiff talking to by the editor because it's completely different (HERE) and is titled How Brexit can set Britain free again. It contains what amounts to a threat at the end:
In any case, it is overwhelmingly in the EU’s interests to reach such an accommodation. If, on the other hand it plays hard ball, and like Trump treats trade as warfare, then inevitably it will be faced with its worst nightmare: Britain becoming a souped-up version of low tax, free trade Singapore, sucking in European investment and talent, right on its own doorstep.
So now it seems to be a case of give us a trade deal and nobody gets hurt!
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