Food for thought, on trading nations
Just 4 of the G20 nations are European.
6% of world trade is conducted by the EU nations; 94% of world trade lies with nations outside the EU.
Britains' share of world trade is now .................................are you ready for this? ..................................... 3.6%.
Carry on thinking.
ps
1. Read up on who is a "member" of the G20.
2. This may be how Norway views the G20, by the way:-
The G-20 is a self-appointed group. Its composition is determined by the major countries and powers. It may be more representative than the G-7 or the G-8, in which only the richest countries are represented, but it is still arbitrary. We no longer live in the 19th century, a time when the major powers met and redrew the map of the world. No one needs a new Congress of Vienna.
— Jonas Gahr Støre, 2010
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Dave
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