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by dukeyukey
2003 days ago
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Because before the EU can sign off on a trade agreement, it needs to be unanimously accepted by every member state, which takes an absolute ton of time. The CETA deal with Canada was held up solely by a region of Belgium at one point. It's a lot easier to get a trade deal with the UK, where you're only dealing with one government with a much more specific set of interests. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37749236 |
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Unfortunately this kind of resistance always caves to internal pressure. Similar to the resistance to software patents by Poland.