WTO rules

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.

Either Johnson is trying to bamboozle public with jargon or he just doesn’t get how global trade works. Both are bad omens for a new PM.

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

Brexiters say WTO rules make trade in no-deal Brexit easy. But they would hike up tariffs with the EU and could leave UK businesses exposed.

If the EU is stopping us trading outside the EU, how come China’s largest trading partner is Germany? (And other myths debunked.)