14-09-2017, 21:21
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Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 15,118
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Re: Brexit discussion
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Originally Posted by Qtx
At this point I think it goes without saying that no agreement will be made in time with regards to a Brexit deal.
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Would be no big deal according a leading British businessman and inventor, Sir James Dyson.... He claims Europe is a declining part of world trade....
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Britain should make a "clean break" from the European Union instead of pursuing any kind of interim deal, according to one of the country's best-known businessmen.
Sir James Dyson told Sky News that a transitional agreement would be "a muddle".
"You end up having to do one transitional arrangement, and then another one. So just have a clean break, it's not a big deal."
Sir James, who backed the Brexit campaign in 2016, said he was comfortable with Britain instead switching to the tariff system used by the World Trade Organisation, and to turning its attention away from Europe.
"Europe is a declining part of world trade," he said.
"It's now down to 12% and in about five years' time it will be 9% of world trade. The fastest growing sector is, of course, in the far east, China and the far eastern countries where we're growing by about 80% or 90% a year. That's where the opportunities are - not Europe."
Sir James said he had no regrets about Brexit but stressed the need for international talent.
Dyson employs around 3,500 people in the UK, and that figure is expected to almost double in the coming four or five years.
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http://news.sky.com/story/uk-should-...dyson-11034559
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