@Mr Bigstuff wrote:
Emma, I’ve already explained the benefits that we gain from being part of Europe, most of all via trade. If most of our exports go to Europe
But most of our exports don’t go to Europe.
then it makes sense for us to be part of Europe otherwise we wouldn’t benefit from the common trade agreements and this would make our exports less competitive.
Sounds good till you look a bit deeper, the mainland countries are flooding our home market yet are reluctant to import our products
Countries within the EU would just import products from our EU competitors instead. That would mean British business would suffer and could lead to job losses.
Rubbish, the EU imposes harsh import tariffs on imports from outside the EU, that effectively blocks countries who do want to trade with us.
The EU is becoming insular, and isolationist, that leads to stultification of trade and progress.