Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London, has dismissed Cameron’s “Project Fact” claim as “baloney”.
Speaking on a visit to Northern Ireland, Johnson said people had “everything to gain” from leaving the EU.
I wonder what is baloney, but some fact cant be ignored just because he doesnt like them. Speaking of trade agreements UK is part of as member of EU.
How long will take if both partners are willing to negotiate can be seen in the charts.
And that’s just one direction we are talking about - trade. What will happen with people from both side of the isle, no one seems to care from the political spectrum.
“Pawel Swidlicki, an analyst at the Open Europe thinktank, has written a blog assessing how realistic are the claims in today’s government report on withdrawing from the EU (pdf).
He includes these charts showing how long it has taken to negotiate other free trade deals”.
Given all the above, it is clear that post-Brexit negotiations would be complex and take a significant amount of time – though no-one can really be precise about how long they would take. Generally, striking an FTA takes anywhere between four and ten years. When it comes to the UK-EU negotiations the importance of the deal and the extent of the links between the two sides could cut both ways. On the one hand, given that the two sides are each other’s largest single trading partner, there could well be significant pressure to move swiftly ahead with the negotiations, while the existing cohesion might make this possible.
However, on the other hand, the deal will be incredibly complex to negotiate and will encompass not only a free trade deal but also tying up all the other lose ends from Brexit – ranging from the status of UK nationals in the EU and vice-versa to tricky issues around Gibraltar and Northern Ireland. Furthermore, as our EU Wargames simulation showed, there may be a desire to drag out the negotiations in order to ward off those who may want to follow the UK’s lead.
‘Brexit’ fears haunt London’s roaring trade in euros
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What would Brexit mean for everyday life in the UK?
theguardian.com/politics/201 … ryday-life
Trade deals negotiations in years so far.