OK, I'll bite. When do you think the "informal" talks will metamorphose into "formal" talks. Just a guess on the date.
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And more significantly when these formal talks will conclude with an actual signed trade deal? The nearest year will do.
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Be fair on the poor lady, she's a little out of her depth. I'd be happy with nearest decade as an answer.
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I think right-wing types assume free trade is arranged over a glass of chablis/nibbles, because "free market über alles" and all that

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From articles from people with actual knowledge, it's more like herding cats especially because UK has no independent WTO status…

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…and no tariff-free quotas to use as a starting point until those are agreed, first with the EU then with the WTO.

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Apparently, if UK walks away with no deal from EU, it could spend anywhere from two to four years in arbitration before …

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… being able to go back to WTO with schedules for ratification. Then it will have something to use as a starting point for FTAs.

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But clearly not in international trade. And we've already established your expertise in law is non existent.
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Well you got this wrong, informal talks do not mean 'in the bag' far from it &, assuming the deals will happen at some stage, on what terms?
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And occasionally, very occasionally, prone to arrogance?
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