Just a quibble - Free Trade Agreements don't exist

Perhaps this post is just me being a pedant but the constant repetition by Government Ministers that they are seeking "Free Trade Agreements" annoys me.

If there was free trade you don't need an agreement.

What David Davis and his ilk are seeking are "Defined Trade Agreements" - agreements that trade may take place on defined conditions.

There you go.

I've proved I'm a pedant.

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