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'Computer Says No' to Jacob Rees-Mogg on Brexit
Falling back on WTO rules wouldn't be a panacea for Britain.
Not your salvation.
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Brexiters see the World Trade Organization as their best hope for a clean break from the European Union. Maybe it is. But it's not a very good one.
Nobody can say now where Brexit negotiations will lead, but as the choice looks increasingly between either close alignment with the European Union and no deal at all, Brexit supporters have warmed to a no-deal exit, which they now refer to as trading under WTO rules. Leading Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Conservative MP, says “Trading with the EU on WTO terms would work well for the U.K. and allows us to achieve Brexit sooner."