No-deal Brexit 'would put UK in worst trading position of rich nations'

Research finds no G20 countries interact with EU without arrangements over trade, as UK could do if it leaves without deal

If Britain leaves the European Union without a replacement trade deal its commercial links with the bloc will overnight become less favourable than any other major industrialised nation, a cross-party campaign has warned as Theresa May prepares to trigger article 50.

Research commissioned by the Labour MP Pat McFadden - a supporter of Open Britain, which campaigns for continued ties with Europe in the aftermath of Brexit - found that no members of the G20 group of richer nations currently interact with the EU without some sort of trade arrangement.

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