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| The elephant in the room is the single common market with common standards. If Britain votes to leave then it will be very hard plus take a very long time to find a decent replacement trading deal for our exports. | |
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Unless they don't leave the single market in which case they don't need to do anything at all.
If they do leave the single market, then they would negotiate such treaties in advance of leaving.