Should the UK leave the EU?
(Continued)
A fundamental benefit to being a member of the EU is the trade links between members of the EU. The Eurosceptics insist that they would continue to trade with Europe, and that the UK would be more able to establish bi-lateral trade agreements with emerging markets that are not in the EU through the World Trade Organisation. Leaving the EU would cause imported food from countries that are not members of the EU to be cheaper as tariffs are lowered. However would this really make up for the fact that Britain has lost links with other members of the Eurozone? The fact is that the EU is the UK’s main trading partner, which is worth more than £40 billion a year. The trade deals that the UK is able to make as part of the EU are clearly more beneficial than the trade deals that the UK would make as an isolated country.
In conclusion, it is clear that UK should not leave the EU due to a number of reasons. Firstly, it is not realistic that Britain will be able to leave the EU whilst still maintaining trade links with countries that are EU members. These trading links are vital to the development of Britain. Secondly, there are a far greater number of jobs that are created with the UK staying as a member of the EU than the UK leaving the EU. Similarly, more money is made within Britain as part of the EU. Finally, the trade links that Britain is able to maintain through its membership of the EU is extremely beneficial to the UK economy. Although Eurosceptics believe that these trade links are possible without EU membership, the links will not be as strong or as efficient. These benefits to Britain maintaining its relationship with the EU show that the UK would be far better off being part of the EU than not.
By Anisha Rasan
The new EU President Jean Claude Juncker