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Brexit and the City Debate

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Thomson Reuters Legal Debate Series: “As the EU referendum approaches, we ask: would ‘Brexit’ mean doom or boom for the city and its legal advisors? If Britain leaves the EU, will the banks relocate their workforces? Will lack of EU harmonisation make life...

Table of Contents

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Introduction Summary …of benefits … of misconceptions … of alternatives` Benefits of EU membership The EU benefits UK consumers Access to the EU single market benefits UK trade The EU benefits the UK’s services industry The EU improves the UK’s...

The Truth Behind the Headlines

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We promised to conclude with some light-hearted examples of the EU’s influence on British life being misreported (not that lawyers are celebrated for their sense of humour). In doing so, we do not pretend to address even a small fraction of the headlines in the...

The WTO option

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The pro-Brexit view “We’d have more influence, not less. By regaining our seat on the WTO, which we gave up in 1973 on joining the EEC, we would have more say in global trade talks”. Richard Tice, 31 March 2015, writing in City A.M. What is the “WTO option”? Exiting...