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World Service,04 Apr 2017,26 mins

UK MPs Warn About Leaving EU With No Deal

World Business Report

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What would happen if the UK crashed out of the European Union without a trade agreement? MPs from the parliament's Brexit committee has warned of the risks of this tactic. They've said Prime Minister Theresa May has to back up her claims that 'no deal is better than a bad deal' with hard economic facts. We ask the opinions of Roger Bootle, chairman, Capital Economics and a member of Economists for Free Trade and Joe Carberry, Executive Director, Open Britain. Picture: Front pages of UK newspapers on the day that British Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50. Photo by Hugh Pinney/Getty Images.

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