WTO

Even if the EU wanted to, it can’t give UK tariff-free trade after no-deal Brexit because of legal obstacles and angering other trade partners.

A vote for Brexit Party billed as vote for “WTO Brexit”. Pro-Europeans must turn out in force to stop this crash-out ploy gaining traction.

EU deals with other countries not ready to rollover, tariff headaches if UK crashes out… Brexiter trade fantasy is falling apart.

PM claims 2017 election result justifies Brexit. So she should drop chaotic “no deal” now, as Tory manifesto ruled it out multiple times.

Beyond short-term issues like stockpiling medicine, going it alone at the WTO brings a whole host of complex, long-term drawbacks.

We’d be turning our back on strong trade links with EU and EU’s trading partners to go it alone as world trade system is under assault.

The logic of Brexiter-in-chief’s position is that, if he can’t get his hard Brexit, he should call for the whole project to be scrapped.

Brexiters want the UK to rely on the World Trade Organisation. Unfortunately their hero Donald Trump is trying to wreck it.

If UK quits EU with no deal, its trade will depend on WTO rules. This would be a hard landing, indeed. Here’s our primer.

A deal could conceivably be so ghastly that we should walk away, as Theresa May threatened. But doing so would be awful.

It’s hard to see what PM gave that didn’t involve a policy switch without telling MPs or a sweet-heart deal that would breach trade rules.

If we take a liberal stance, problems should be soluble. But unless our tariff policy mimics the EU’s, other WTO states could object.