英国内阁办公室前部长：中国应该关心脱欧吗？(16)_英国内阁办公室前部长奥立弗．莱特文：

The UK has traditionally been， over the last fifty years， a highly open economy and our policy under successive governments of different political parties has been to promote open global free trade． And so in all the discussions and arguments within the EU about the EU’s trading relationships with china with India or indeed， while we‘re at it， with the United States． The UK has always been a voice in favor of openness and liberalization and a free trade． And in that we’re normally been allies of Germany and some of the Scandinavian countries．

And often on the other side of the argument， the French and the Mediterranean countries have been much more cautious about opening up and liberalizing trade． So clearly， when the UK leaves the EU， that balance is going to alter． And it may be that the EU becomes slightly more protectionist．

But again， I don‘t think one should overestimate that effect．