英国内阁办公室前部长：中国应该关心脱欧吗？(24)_英国内阁办公室前部长奥立弗．莱特文：

And we all know how that ended in 1914-18． It was not a happy result．

And so my view is that rather than focusing on Brexit， what the EU and the UK both need to focus on is how the Europeans collectively can use the influence we can have over the united states， to broker solutions between the united states and china and India， that reshape the global system in a way that is comfortable for both the united states and for china and for India to live in． So that we can achieve a peaceful coexistence．

So， my message to you is Brexit actually will come and probably go and you probably won‘t really notice terribly much difference． And actually nobody will probably notice in the end terribly much difference， except that it’s a terribly difficult political transition in the UK．

What will remain is this big issue of how both sides of the world accommodate to a huge shift in the power balances and the economic power balances in the world．