Brexit and EU-UK trade relations with third states

Some Brexit campaigners take a very cavalier attitude to European Union (EU) law in general but recent claims concerning the trade relations with the rest of the world require some reflection. ... the UK’s membership in the WTO and all other mixed trade agreements (trade treaties which concluded by both the EU and its Member States) could be in jeopardy if the UK exited without a successful transitional agreement with the EU.

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work? http://www.europeansources.info/record/how-would-post-brexit-trade-deals-actually-work/

Blog: LSE Brexit Vote, 04.03.16: Leaving the EU would mean renegotiating more than 100 trade agreements http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexitvote/2016/03/04/leaving-the-eu-would-mean-renegotiating-more-than-100-trade-agreements/

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