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    #51
    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    Negotiating tariff-free trade deals with sensible nations shouldn't be much trouble, though.
    True.
    But the EU is stuck trying to negotiate with Boris and the far reicht supporters.
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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      #52
      Originally posted by Mordac View Post
      Two thirds of that is us buying from them. Remind me again, who is the EU looking after?
      Where do you get 2/3rds from? Imports from the EU are 52% of our total. 43% of our exports go to the EU.

      26 countries left in the EU, that's 2% each evenly split if we stop importing, we lose access to 52% of what we currently import. We also lose our biggest export market. Each EU country loses ~1.75% of their import market.

      How do they need looking after?
      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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        #53
        Originally posted by DaveB View Post
        Where do you get 2/3rds from? Imports from the EU are 52% of our total. 43% of our exports go to the EU.

        26 countries left in the EU, that's 2% each evenly split if we stop importing, we lose access to 52% of what we currently import. We also lose our biggest export market. Each EU country loses ~1.75% of their import market.

        How do they need looking after?
        Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.
        His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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          #54
          Originally posted by Mordac View Post
          Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.
          Give it up Mordy. Their attention has wandered again. They will be drooling into their phones by now as your figures went so far over their heads they left a vapour trail.

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #55
            Originally posted by Mordac View Post
            Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.
            And do you reckon that disrupting this trade significantly will adversely impact the UK more, or the EU more?

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              #56
              Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
              And do you reckon that disrupting this trade significantly will adversely impact the UK more, or the EU more?
              Mordy's proctologist said that he will be doing all the thinking for him from now on.

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                #57
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                Mordy's proctologist said that he will be doing all the thinking for him from now on.
                I bet he doesn’t wash his hands before doing oPM’s dental check up.

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by Mordac View Post
                  Imports from the EU are (or certainly were until recently) roughly double the value of exports to the EU. So of £600b total trade, roughly two-thirds would be imports, one-third exports.
                  £294 billion export, £374 billion import.
                  44% export, 56% import.

                  56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
                  Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                    £294 billion export, £374 billion import.
                    44% export, 56% import.

                    56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
                    Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library
                    It is to a cretin like Mordy.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                      £294 billion export, £374 billion import.
                      44% export, 56% import.

                      56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
                      Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library
                      Fair play. I'll give myself a
                      His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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