Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Mar 13th 2017, 6:48 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Today is Commonwealth Day.
UK will host the Summit in 2018.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...th-summit-2018
Theresa May---"Truly Global Britain".
UK will host the Summit in 2018.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...th-summit-2018
Theresa May---"Truly Global Britain".
Mar 13th 2017, 10:49 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
Today is Commonwealth Day.
UK will host the Summit in 2018.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...th-summit-2018
Theresa May---"Truly Global Britain".
UK will host the Summit in 2018.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...th-summit-2018
Theresa May---"Truly Global Britain".
Though being a former British colony is no longer a requirement of membership.
Mar 13th 2017, 11:04 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
The Commonwealth felt abandoned in '73, 'Global' Britain will discover just how deeply.
Mar 13th 2017, 11:06 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
The Commonwealth is little more than a remnant of past British colonialism.
Though being a former British colony is no longer a requirement of membership.
Though being a former British colony is no longer a requirement of membership.
Apart from other values, trade between the countries projected to be worth
$1 trillion by 2020.
Mar 13th 2017, 11:13 am
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Originally Posted by iano
The Commonwealth felt abandoned in '73, 'Global' Britain will discover just how deeply.
(The Commonwealth countries are individual, it is not a trading entity!!)
Mar 13th 2017, 11:19 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
If someone said that the EU was a remnant of WW2 what would your reply be!
Your comment equally foolish.
Apart from other values, trade between the countries projected to be worth $1 trillion by 2020.
In this report, Import and Export,
Commonwealth countries traded around US$4 trillion worth of goods in 2008, according to a study commissioned by the Royal Commonwealth Society
Mar 13th 2017, 11:31 am
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Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
1)My reply would be that remnant would be the wrong word in that example.
2)So a drop of US$3T in trade per year over a 12 year period will have happened it appears. And that's without factoring inflation, which would have increased the price/value of goods each year.
2)So a drop of US$3T in trade per year over a 12 year period will have happened it appears. And that's without factoring inflation, which would have increased the price/value of goods each year.
2) As the poster above pointed out trade between UK and Commonwealth changed when UK joined EEC/EU.
(Commonwealth membership is not just about trade.)
Mar 13th 2017, 11:38 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
I think Australia, New Zealand and Canada "felt abandoned", but recent reports seem to indicate that they are keen to increase trade, emotion doesn't always come into it!!
Mar 13th 2017, 11:41 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
Apart from other values, trade between the countries projected to be worth $1 trillion by 2020.
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
In this report, Import and Export,
So a drop of US$3T in trade per year over a 12 year period will have happened it appears. And that's without factoring inflation, which would have increased the price/value of goods each year.
Commonwealth countries traded around US$4 trillion worth of goods in 2008, according to a study commissioned by the Royal Commonwealth Society
Originally Posted by Bipat
2) As the poster above pointed out trade between UK and Commonwealth changed when UK joined EEC/EU.
We are discussing trade value between 2008 and 2020. What does joining the EEC in 1973 have to do with it?
Mar 13th 2017, 11:46 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
The UK joined the EEC in 1973.
We are discussing trade value between 2008 and 2020. What does joining the EEC in 1973 have to do with it?
We are discussing trade value between 2008 and 2020. What does joining the EEC in 1973 have to do with it?
Mar 13th 2017, 11:54 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by iano
Quite so, and they are keen, to trade with the EU. Which was kind of my point, there won't be a great reservoir of nostalgic goodwill for 'Global Britain' to draw upon.
Unofficial talks going on with India since the referendum result known, although as mentioned in above posts EU is now trying to rekindle the failed deal negotiations with them.
Mar 13th 2017, 11:56 am
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
You are discussing trade between 2008 and 2020, I was just putting a link about next year's summit and answering the above poster about Australia and new Zealand.
Re: OT: How to QUOTE another person's post correctly!
Ok, sometimes you want to quote more than one post and/or poster at a time, which can be very useful for you and the other readers to get a clearer picture of the discussion within one post. This is particularly helpful when a thread is several pages long and/or has lots of tangents.
Mar 13th 2017, 12:01 pm
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
They are also keen to trade with UK post Brexit.
Unofficial talks going on with India since the referendum result known, although as mentioned in above posts EU is now trying to rekindle the failed deal negotiations with them.
Unofficial talks going on with India since the referendum result known, although as mentioned in above posts EU is now trying to rekindle the failed deal negotiations with them.
Mar 13th 2017, 12:12 pm
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by Bipat
(Commonwealth membership is not just about trade.)
Mar 13th 2017, 12:44 pm
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Re: Post EU referendum and India (Off topic posts removed from the EU thread) 2
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
Why resort to swearing if you can't get all to agree with your way of thinking?
PM of Malta is in UK ---might interest you, even if countries beyond the borders of EU do not!
