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This is a normal post This FUD again
Until the negotiations are concluded and agreed upon, we're still a member and party to those agreements. We haven't even opened the negotiations yet.

Negotiations are expected to take two years, with a possible year's extension. That should be sufficient for a properly motivated team to conclude parallel negotiation for replacement agreements.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 27 Jun 2016, 14:13, Reply)
This is a normal post The two year negotiations only relate to the 'divorce' proceedings,
not the replacement arrangements which are likely to take a lot longer (at least 7 years according to optimistic EU officials).
Until those negotiations are concluded it is impossible to tell what the trade position will be with the EU (let alone the rest of the world) and will act as a strong disincentive to invest in the UK.
 (emptyspace, Mon 27 Jun 2016, 14:36, Reply)
This is a normal post The key word I used was "parallel"
And it's in neither side's interests for the negotiations to last seven years. Two to three seems like a reasonable time span. Some trade deals have taken a lot longer, and some have taken a lot less time. The key is how motivated both parties would be to find a solution. I'd suggest in this case the answer would be "very".
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 27 Jun 2016, 15:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Does the civil service contain sufficient numbers of experienced trade negotiators
in order to conduct such a massive undertaking as to renegotiate all our agreements in parallel?
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 27 Jun 2016, 15:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Well if it doesn't
then you've just created a large number of skilled job opportunities. Hooray!
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 27 Jun 2016, 16:19, Reply)
This is a normal post If they can be conducted in parallel, fine.
The optomists are still saying seven years to negotiate a new UK-EU trade deal. The US, China, India and Japan have stated they will not start trade talks with the UK until the UK-EU deal is finished. I'm not convinced both parties are very motivated, just the UK.
 (emptyspace, Mon 27 Jun 2016, 17:55, Reply)