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Trade with China won't save post-Brexit Britain
cnn.com ^ | August 10, 2016 | Alanna Petroff

Posted on 08/10/2016 2:45:55 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Despite hopes that negotiating its own trade agreements would boost the U.K. economy, even the worlds' biggest countries won't serve as a magic trade bullet.

For example, the U.K.'s trading relationship with China is much smaller than you'd expect. Signing a good trade deal won't be the transformative move that pro-Brexit supporters are expecting, according to a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Even if British exports to China grow by 10% annually over the next 15 years, this still won't come close to levels seen with Britain's top trading partners: the United States and the European Union. And dramatic trade expansion with China won't do enough to compensate for small losses to EU trade, the IFS said.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexitwins; chinatrade; uktrade

1 posted on 08/10/2016 2:45:55 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Since when does Britain need saving?? If anything, the Brexit vote will save it.


2 posted on 08/10/2016 2:49:07 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Berlin_Freeper

CNN is so damn good at predicting so many, many things. And so knowledgeable, too. About just about everything, aren’t they?

I trust them.

To be wildly wrong.


3 posted on 08/10/2016 2:52:08 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I had a cool idea for a new tagline and I forgot it!)
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To: EagleUSA
Since when does Britain need saving??

I'm guessing it's a "projection" attempt at dissuading other EU countries from following Britain's lead.

4 posted on 08/10/2016 2:56:01 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Berlin_Freeper

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-09/u-k-economy-shrank-in-month-after-brexit-niesr-estimates


5 posted on 08/10/2016 2:57:49 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yes, we all know that Britain was never known for its trading ability. I hope they can survive. /s


6 posted on 08/10/2016 3:11:37 PM PDT by Daaave ("You see, but you do not observe." Sherlock Holmes)
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To: Daaave

Wasn’t it Bismarck (or maybe it was Napoleon) who referred to Britain as a “nation of shopkeepers”? I guess it was not working for them back then either without the EU, eh?


7 posted on 08/10/2016 3:15:19 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: OttawaFreeper

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_shopkeepers


8 posted on 08/10/2016 3:22:54 PM PDT by Daaave ("You see, but you do not observe." Sherlock Holmes)
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To: EagleUSA

yep, whatever it takes, any country that chooses to not be assimilated into islam and china russian themepark it will take quite a bit more bravery to right theirs and our ships.


9 posted on 08/10/2016 5:22:23 PM PDT by aces ( Islam is the religion of the dead, Got Jesus?)
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To: Daaave

Thanks for the interesting article.


10 posted on 08/10/2016 6:27:01 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: OttawaFreeper

You’re welcome.


11 posted on 08/10/2016 8:20:30 PM PDT by Daaave ("You see, but you do not observe." Sherlock Holmes)
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