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Stephen is Director of Policy and Research at Open Europe. While at Open Europe he has written on EU regulation, justice and home affairs and EU aid policy. Stephen holds an undergraduate degree in political science and was awarded the Jean Monnet Prize for his master's degree in European studies from the University of Sussex. Stephen's professional interests include democracy and transparency in the EU, the interaction between domestic and EU law and European cooperation in crime and policing. He is half Dutch.
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The job of Brexit will be to offset any losses in terms of market access we have with the EU, and either gaining market share through agreements with other countries, or making ourselves more attractive to other markets in terms of building our ability to export to those markets. That doesn’t have to be through a bilateral trade agreement – there are lots of things you can do through trade promotion or bilateral investment agreements. Clearly we are at a time in which interconnectivity and the movement of people is very important. That is why I think the issues around immigration are going to be key to the UK’s future success, and our attitude to our openness there is going to be very important. Stephen Booth – The Sunday Telegraph: Conservatives lurch to the left risks damaging UK’s chance of free trade deals
The job of Brexit will be to offset any losses in terms of market access we have with the EU, and either gaining market share through agreements with other countries, or making ourselves more attractive to other markets in terms of building our ability to export to those markets. That doesn’t have to be through a bilateral trade agreement – there are lots of things you can do through trade promotion or bilateral investment agreements. Clearly we are at a time in which interconnectivity and the movement of people is very important. That is why I think the issues around immigration are going to be key to the UK’s future success, and our attitude to our openness there is going to be very important.
Stephen Booth – The Sunday Telegraph: Conservatives lurch to the left risks damaging UK’s chance of free trade deals
