Comments on: Is the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator the right man for the job? https://leftfootforward.org/2016/07/is-the-eus-chief-brexit-negotiator-the-right-man-for-the-job/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: CR https://leftfootforward.org/2016/07/is-the-eus-chief-brexit-negotiator-the-right-man-for-the-job/#comment-811489 Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:24:52 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=114070#comment-811489 There is very little to negotiate. We can trade under WTO rules. Our exchange rate has adjusted to a more sensible level which makes trade with the EU even with their tariffs more than viable. And we can control our own borders.

]]> By: NHSGP https://leftfootforward.org/2016/07/is-the-eus-chief-brexit-negotiator-the-right-man-for-the-job/#comment-811233 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:53:08 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=114070#comment-811233 Walk away. No free movement. WTO tarrifs.

Then Barnier can go back to Junker and tell him that the UK isn’t going to contribute to the EU. Tariffs means that the EU has to pay the UK (net) for trade.

On the plus side, the EU can impose a Tobin tax on Paris and Frankfurt.

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