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> if the EU banned or tariffed its citizens from buying service X from the UK It can't, because the UK will be a member of the WTO, like the EU. Members of the
by krona 10y ago
> if the EU banned or tariffed its citizens from buying service X from the UK
It can't, because the UK will be a member of the WTO, like the EU. Members of the WTO can't discriminate unfavorably against individual nations in the way you're suggesting.
- gpderetta 10y agounless is a blanket banning of buying these services from anywhere.
- lhopki01 10y agoThe UK won't be a member of the WTO since it never joined. It'll have to apply after it leaves the EU.
- krona 10y ago"The UK is a member of the WTO today, it will be a member tomorrow. There will be no discontinuity in its membership…" -- Head of the WTO. The UK is a founding member of the WTO. It never left. It still pays it's membership fee. It will retake its seat the day after it leaves the EU. Where do you get your information? The Guardian?
- lhopki01 10y agoI stand corrected. They inherited membership via GATT. My information was based on the founding of the WTO in 1995 after the UK had joined the EU.
- zigzigzag 10y agoThe UK appears on the WTO's member list: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.h...
- lhopki01 10y agoI stand corrected. The inherited membership via GATT.