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UK will get a deal from Trump and will compete with Silicon Valley. Not to mention it can expand within the old colonies(i.e India, Africa, HK) maybe even get a

• chipperyman573 7y ago
  I don't really think that reasoning makes much sense... >UK will get a deal from Trump and will compete with Silicon Valley Why would the US government offer a deal that brings up a major city to compete with one of its own? >Not to mention it can expand within the old colonies Most of those were given up in the last 10 or so years or so, and most of their "citizens" have no real allegiance to the crown. And anyway, the UK is already better off than most of those countries already, so they'd have to pull the new county past wherever the UK already is. >maybe even get a great deal from China Maybe I'll get a great deal from china if I renounce my US citizenship but there's no reason to believe that's the case (plus, china will want to benefit from the deal somehow...)
• marcinzm 7y ago
  The UK is negotiating from a weak position since it's about to lose a lot in a no-deal brexit. The UK politicians at the same time need to show some kind of post-brexit win. That's pretty much a guaranteed way to get a horrible deal with someone that can be just barely spun to make enough voters not notice how bad it is (ie: like brexit itself). edit: Although China is plausible, as in China spending 10 years draining the UK of any worth it can before discarding the husk that remains.
  • tim333 7y ago
    Also because rather than negotiating with a single entity it's really still mostly a club of 27 countries, any of which can raise objections.