Confirmation of the threat from the UK's "special relationship" partner.


Quote Originally Posted by longway
we can be far more flexible within our negotiations and looks for deals of our own, nor do many countries do that badly negotiating on their own. Nor does it mean we will be excluded entirely from the EU.
The UK maybe could be "flexible", unfortunately the countries or blocs the UK will need to strike a deal with may not be.

Quote Originally Posted by buriramboy
Britain is the 6th largest economy in the world and no one is going to want to trade with us if we leave the EU.
https://www.rt.com/uk/340755-brexit-obama-trade-deal/


Sundays statement:

"A US trade deal with Britain could take up to 10 years if it were to leave the European Union, President Barack Obama has warned in an interview with the BBC. In the event of a Brexit, the UK would lose much of the influence it has as America’s closest EU ally, he said.


"It could be five years from now, 10 years from now before we were able to actually get something done,” Obama told the BBC on Sunday, at the end of a three-day visit to the UK, likely to be his last as US president."


Friday's statement:

"The UK referendum on whether the country should stay or go will take place on June 23. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal it threatens remains on the president’s agenda before his term runs out. Obama wants to cut tariffs and regulatory barriers between the EU and the US.Britain would move “to the back of the queue” on deals if it left, Obama said on Friday"