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About LinkBacksI am seeking a factual answer to this question: does our membership of the EU prevent us from making free-trade deals with other countries? Thanks for any light the forum may be able to shed on this topic.
I am seeking a factual answer to this question: does our membership of the EU prevent us from making free-trade deals with other countries? Thanks for any light the forum may be able to shed on this topic.
The political establishment lacks both vision and courage.
The EU Commission negiotiates on behalf of the EU in all trade deals so yes it does prevent usOriginally Posted by irishpeoplearewhingers
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I think though we can get approval from the EU Commission for bilateral arrangements.
For example, France has some strange arrangements with its ex-colonies in Africa. I'm not sure if these are separate from EU trade policy (through some sort of exemption) or if the French succeeded in having overall EU policy include these little bits and bobs.
I might be wrong, but I think Ireland and the UK helped sort out some kind of exemption/inclusion for products from Montserrat after the volcano disaster there.
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The political establishment lacks both vision and courage.
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