英国内阁办公室前部长：中国应该关心脱欧吗？(15)_英国内阁办公室前部长奥立弗．莱特文：

The relationship between china and the UK is has of course， over these years， being conducted through the EU． And if the UK leaves the EU， that situation， of course， changes． From that point onwards， the UK will have to have its own global trading policy， and it will conduct its own global trade negotiations．

And so for example， if there is in the future， a free trade agreement between china and the UK， will be a direct bilateral relationship between the UK and china and not between the EU and china， although of course， they may separately be a free trade agreement between the EU and china． You already have free trade arrangements， for example， with Norway． It will be somewhat similar to that arrangement， or indeed， with Switzerland．

That is a change． I don‘t think it’s a very major change．

The second obvious change from the point of view of east west relationships is that the removal of the UK from the EU will have some effect on the attitude of the EU to its relationship with the rest of the world．