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JRPGfan said:
Victorlink87 said:

That was a good listen. Sounds like a Brexit plan is desperately needed. If the hang up is on quota of goods the plan should include a proposal to have a quota reasonable for the UK's size. 

I imagine if the quota were reasonable you would have the US on board quickly as Donald Trump is pretty anti-EU and pro-trade. Then the others would follow. I may be making this too simple.

Yes Trump is Anti-EU, the USA's main allies.
Why? because he doesnt care about anyone but himself, and only marginally the US.

Remember the "America First" chants?

My guess was more in the line of divide and conquer. An unified Europe is much harder to control than all the little countries on their own. Like the video on the WTO rules in a post before pointed out, the EU has much more power and weight when it comes to trade deals, but if they were all divided the US could impose their rules in those deals. He riled against "unfair trade deals", remember? However, the only thing "unfair" to Amercans in those deals is that unlike some historical deals the US are not, and cannot, imposing their companies and economic power in those deals anymore. And he sells that as unfair to Americans