The present state of global economies

[RH]

Free trade is postulated on an absurdity, namely that the world will
no longer see wars which will significantly disrupt trade, or at least
the trade of the First World. It is a fool’s paradise.

Those with memories greater than that of a goldfish may recall the
help and support Britain received from her supposed EU “partners” in
the Falklands. Remember how France supplied military equipment in the
form of missiles to the Argentine during that war. Imagine what would
have happened if Britain at the time had relied largely on equipment
which was either wholly or partly produced abroad. Suppose, for
example, her main fighter aircraft had been produced by an EU
consortium (as it soon will be), what guarantee could Britain have had
of fresh supplies of spare parts and weapons during the Falklands war?

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