The FT did excellent work back in May 2017 to list them all, and the areas they cover. FT piece: http://app.ft.com/content/f1435a8e-372b-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e … (2/15)
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This is especially pressing as a solution for this issue is needed before the
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That’s 30 March 2019. Less than 14 months away. (4/15)
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UK’s initial plan was to copy the EU’s 759 deals, and sign the same with those 160 countries, adjusted as minimally as possible. (5/15)
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Problem: do all those countries want to do that? Probably not. Each may want concessions, and the UK has less weight alone than as part of the EU. (6/15)
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So today the UK govt changed tack. Its new idea is in paras 6-8 of this: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/680366/Technical_Note_-_International_Agreements_in_the_Implementation_Period_-_CLEAN.pdf … (7/15)
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The UK is now just asking the rest of the world to - oh, you know - treat it as if it hasn’t left the EU even though it has. And all those countries would have to agree. (8/15)
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If some countries did not agree, then what? Or if some agree only partially? Oh we’re ok to treat you like the EU on
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To be worked out in under 14 months. (13/15)
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Copying agreements doesn’t seem to work. Trying to get other countries to just treat UK as if it’s still in EU looks a very long shot. How is the UK going to solve this one? /ends (15/15)
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