Following May’s speech, we now have a clear picture of what an EU-UK free trade agreement could look like

With Theresa May indicating on the 17 January 2017 that the UK will leave the single market following its exit from the EU, what kind of agreement is likely to be on the table during the Brexit negotiations?

Mark Manger writes that the general parameters of an EU-UK free trade agreement can now be sketched out, but that the government is still demonstrating a lack of understanding when it comes to essential trade policy principles.

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

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 31.01.17: How international regulatory cooperation can ease a ‘hard’ Brexit (by Robert Basedow) http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/01/31/how-international-regulatory-cooperation-can-ease-a-hard-brexit/

The Conversation, 02.02.17: What the Brexit White Paper says (and doesn’t say) about trade https://theconversation.com/what-the-brexit-white-paper-says-and-doesnt-say-about-trade-72384

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