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May’s Brexit deal: the legal verdict

24 November 2018

9:00 AM

24 November 2018

9:00 AM

The most important point about the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement is that, once it is ratified, the United Kingdom will have no legal route out of it unless the EU agrees to let us out and replace it with another agreement. This makes it unique among trade treaties (including the EU’s), which always contain clauses allowing each party to withdraw on notice.

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