UK trade and the implications of leaving the EU

If the UK were to leave the European Union, its trade relations with the EU and the rest of the world would be affected.

How trade relations would be affected would depend upon what agreements the UK could reach to replace existing (and in-train) arrangements and when those would come into force.

• Primary Source

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: Would Britain’s trade be freer outside the EU? http://www.europeansources.info/record/would-britains-trade-be-freer-outside-the-eu/

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