I can see why they did- it’s been treated as “UK dictates, forrins accept, or lose their economy”, the reality that for e.g. Japan is going to seek terms very much to their advantage and that we are going to be fairly desperate and with zero experience of trade negotiations has been either ignored or denied.
I can see why they did- it’s been treated as “UK dictates, forrins accept, or lose their economy”, the reality that for e.g. Japan is going to seek terms very much to their advantage and that we are going to be fairly desperate and with zero experience of trade negotiations has been either ignored or denied.