英国内阁办公室前部长：中国应该关心脱欧吗？(17)_英国内阁办公室前部长奥立弗．莱特文：

The UK is one largest European countries， one of the largest European economies， but it‘s still only one out of twenty eight European economies． When it removes itself， the EU will change somewhat． But it’s not going to change dramatically overnight．

I don‘t think that the trading relationship or the trade policy relationship， or the free trade negotiations between china and the EU are going to be hugely affected by the UK removing itself from the EU．

Then we come to the question of the nature of the direct trading relationship between the UK and china and the shape of any free trade arrangement， which we might make with china bilaterally？

How different is that likely to be from whatever china signs up eventually with the EU， or the trade policy， that at the moment has on each side of that relationship？

And I think， again， actually， when you think about it， the answer is it‘s not likely to be very different． It may seem strange to you， and indeed， it seems strange to some of us．