Well reading into EFTA

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There is no legislation,political alignment or custom's union.
Also have a choice whether to join EEA.
Only downside is the free movement of people.
All those Icelanders coming over here taking our jobs.

But on a serious note, the benefits of EFTA far outweight freedom of movement and EFTA members have to the option to sign FTA with third country's.

Also by having the option of joining EEA we could theoretically pay for access to EU internal market (although we would have to align with their rules).

But let's say we rejoined EFTA but didn't rejoin EEA we could theoretically sign a seperate FTA with the EU member states, whilst signing seperate FTA's with EFTA members.

We would have access to EFTA FTA's and also have the ability to sign our own FTA's with other international countries without having to do it as a EFTA bloc.

Seems to tick most the boxes of leaving the EU. Unfortunately the red line of ending Freedom of movement is the sticking issue.

Posted By: Basingstoke_Canary_J on April 3rd 2019 at 14:02:16

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Once we leave the EU we could reform our own new Free Trade Union? EU 2.0 (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Apr 3, 13:23:40
- I pretty much guarantee we will be (General Chat) - mr carra, Apr 3, 13:46:25
  - very much this^^^ (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 3, 16:23:20
  - But but but I thought we were GREAT Britain and they need us more than the other way round (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 3, 14:14:09
    - Well it's all about perspective (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Apr 3, 15:12:28
  - Well reading into EFTA (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Apr 3, 14:02:16
    - The Gammon Army won't accept freedom of movment of people. (n/m) (General Chat) - jimbo, Apr 3, 15:50:04
  - Think the underlying problem will be with the euro. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Apr 3, 13:55:13
    - they've been predicting the failure of the Euro since it was conceived (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 3, 17:54:34
    - Well i agree, no one can guarantee anything in this day an age (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Apr 3, 14:05:26
- In other words let's join EFTA (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Apr 3, 13:32:47

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