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Since the german prime minister has already came out and said the uk should not punished for this, probably because she has a massive incentive to sell to the u

• dogma1138 10y ago
  We'll have to wait and see :) The UK won't be punished now, but from what is coming out of the EC is pretty clear any trade agreement will mean pretty much the standard EEA like deal which means the BrExit is a moot point. The agreement will not be "spiteful" but it would most likely be something that the UK leavers would not want and if the UK doesn't take it well then it would just screw it self all over. While Merkel wants to keep the UK as an accessible market she needs to keep the EU from collapsing even more. Not to mention that her statement was more meant to calm down free falling global markets than to give the UK any real assurances. I don't think you really have a good grasp on how diplomacy and negotiations work on these levels. Also let's stop calling the UK the UK, It's Britain now It's pretty clear that Scotland in the least would split and probably remain in the EU and that Ireland would either seek a reunification or a deal on it's own.