Proceeding contribution from Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 July 2017. It occurred during Debate on Exiting the European Union and Global Trade.
Exiting the European Union and Global Trade
The hon. Gentleman complains that the European Union is not democratic, while at the same time worrying about it being a superstate. The reality is that the European Union is a regional trade agreement, of which there are many in the world. One hundred and eighty-eight states of the United Nations are in regional trade agreements. Only five are not in regional trade agreements, and thus have the type of sovereignty that he has been talking about. The hon. Gentleman is taking the UK towards the type of sovereignty enjoyed by East Timor, Somalia, South Sudan, Mauritania and São Tomé and Príncipe, and many people wonder whether he really understands what he is doing.
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- 2017-19
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- Business Developing countries Immigration European Union Financial services Import controls Ports Products Migrant workers Sovereignty Trade Trade agreements Foreign investment in UK World Trade Organization World economy Brexit
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