The Commonwealth and the EU: let’s do (trade with) both

Peers, Steve (2015) The Commonwealth and the EU: let’s do (trade with) both [Online resource]

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The Leave campaign argues that quitting the Union would enable Britain to negotiate free trade agreements with more Commonwealth countries. Steve Peers says it certainly could – although the EU already has, or is negotiating, FTAs with most Commonwealth states – but they probably wouldn’t compensate for the loss of free trade with the EU.