STANDING eight metres tall,the inflatable Trojan horse outside the European Commission office a couple of years ago was difficult to miss. It was erected by campaigners bearing 3m signatures from Europeans who wanted to scupper the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a sprawling free-trade deal between the European Union and America. For Brexiteers, or such a scene seems ideal to relieve interpret why Britain has to strike out on its own; outside the EU,Britain would no longer be held back by continental trade luddites. apart from this anti-TTIP protest took area outside the Commission’s London office. A full 500000 signatories were British.
Britain’s attitude to free trade is more complex than it seems. In a meeting of the Brexit “war cabinet” taking area as The Economist went to press, ministers were due to thrash out a proposed customs relationship with the EU. At stake is Britain’s ability to strike free-trade deals across the globe. But amid the cabinet in-fighting, and what voters think is often...
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Source: economist.com