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Economists for Free Trade
Focus
Promoting the benefits of Brexit
Location
UK
Leader
Patrick Minford
Website
[1][dead link]
Economists for Free Trade, previously (before the referendum on Brexit) called Economists for Brexit, is a lobbying group that promoted a no-deal Brexit, which is the situation where the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a corresponding withdrawal agreement treaty. They believe the UK is better off trading on the terms of the World Trade Organization rather than within the single market and customs union.[1][2] Economists for Free Trade is one of few organisations predicting a positive economic impact of a no-deal Brexit.[3][4]
Led by Professor Patrick Minford, the group maintained close ties to pro-Brexit Conservative MPs.[5][6] Its website was discontinued during 2021, but its advisory board was said to include Jacob Rees-Mogg, Owen Paterson, Matt Ridley and David Jones.[7]
^"No deal Brexit to give UK £140billion BOOM say economists - ignore 'project fear HYSTERIA'". 11 March 2019.
^"Media statement: Economists for Free Trade" (PDF) (Press release). 13 March 2019.
^Gemma Tetlow and Alex Stojanovic (November 2018). Institute for Government: Understanding the economic impact of Brexit(PDF). Institute for Government.
^"Why predicting the impact of a no-deal Brexit is so hard". The Economist. 25 July 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^The BBC and Brexit(PDF). News-Watch. March 2017.
^"DeSMOG UK: Economists for Free Trade". 2 August 2019.
^"Economists for Free Trade: Who we are". 2 August 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
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