In message , at 11:41:59 on Tue, 14 Jun
2016, tim... remarked:
"We benefit" means the country's gross product benefits (as I said) but we
get a big share of that. Remember that more trade equals more money going
round of which we all get some, even if not as fair shares as many would
like.

And I see you ignored my last comment so I make it again

The idea that we would lose all of that trade if we left the EU is
simply preposterous

As this is Usenet then nothing is ever going to qualify as "all" (unless
it's something like "all of Queen Victoria's children are dead").

Even after trade negotiations with the EU, an exited UK will still have
to manufacture goods to the standards within the EU, without ever having
had a say in what those standards are.

What may dry up quickest (but isn't necessarily a huge sum) is
cross-border trade covered by the successor to the Distance Selling
Directive, without whose safeguards consumers in the EU may be more
reluctant to buy from us.

There's also likely to be a big shakeup of travel ticketing (will CIV
survive?) as the whole low-cost flights thing is a result off EU
deregulation, and the allocation of slots is also an EU thing:

http://researchbriefings.parliament....ummary/SN00488
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Roland Perry