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Nobody can predict the future, but France is taking part of those trading center duties (on par with Germany), so that could be a significant boost for them. Unless politicians will break something again
And for sure France will surpass UK in GDP since they are less than 2% apart right now.
If the UK effectively disintegrates as a nation, the way that you and other rabid anti-Brexiteers so eagerly keep insisting is going to happen, then you will be right. In fact, under those circumstances, the UK will fall out of the top 10 probably within five years.
But this is a deranged fever dream you all are having. What is more likely is that the UK either holds on to its #5 spot, or is passed only by India - which has literally 20 times the population of the UK - and should have passed the UK a very long time ago. France is not going to pass the UK in these rankings. You are in error.
If there is a hard Brexit, will people have to move back home?
There are about 1 million Brits in the EU and 3 million EU citizens in Britain.
I assume those are rather different kinds of people in terms of jobs (I take it lots of Brits in the EU are retirees, right?), so such migrations could have quite an impact on the economy.
If the UK effectively disintegrates as a nation, the way that you and other rabid anti-Brexiteers so eagerly keep insisting is going to happen, then you will be right. In fact, under those circumstances, the UK will fall out of the top 10 probably within five years.
But this is a deranged fever dream you all are having. What is more likely is that the UK either holds on to its #5 spot, or is passed only by India - which has literally 20 times the population of the UK - and should have passed the UK a very long time ago. France is not going to pass the UK in these rankings. You are in error.
Boris Johnson has been cleaning house and appointing new ministry heads this afternoon. Here is a link to a a story about that, for anyone who is interested:
One appointment that should be relevant for us here in the near future. Liz Truss has been appointed to replace Liam Fox as the International Trade Secretary. I believe she will be the one in charge of negotiating the free trade agreement with the US on behalf of the Brits, while Robert Lighthizer,our US Trade Representative, will handle the duties for the US.
The "terms of the current EU withdrawal agreement are unacceptable to this parliament and to this country".
He's doing what May should have done, close to a year ago.
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