Dave Plowman (News) wrote
tim... wrote

there are hundreds of country pairs that happily trade with each other
without a separate deal in place. the idea that it is difficult is
nonsense

Can you name a pair of countries that trade happily with no formal trade
deal?

All of the EU/USA, EU/China, EU/India, USA/China, USA/India,
Australia/EU, New Zealand/EU, Australia/Britain, Australia/China
until very recently, Australia/USA until quite recently, etc etc etc.