o The EU will most likely punish Great Britain  Britain still wants to trade freely without contributing anything  The EU wants to show how difficult this process is so other countries won’t exit o Boris Johnson is likely the next Prime Minister of the EU o This could be the restoration of the nation-state o Part of this referendum was pulling back from globalization o Sovereign states will eventually become dated, just like empires and kingdoms  Rise of conservative rise of ideology across Europe o This will fuel movements across Europe and the United States o Our country first, our people first ideology  A Great Britain not in the EU is a smaller, narrower, isolated British future  Great Britain will lose its voice in the largest trade/economic block in the whole world  The EU is bigger economically than the United States  There will be increased economic friction between the EU and the UK o Tariffs will be enacted o It will be harder to move goods and services across UK borders

o Financial jobs are already being moved to Ireland o Toyota is already discussing relocating its UK plants to other places due to tariffs  Perhaps this will lead to the loss of Scotland and Northern Ireland  The United Kingdom could physically become a smaller country because of the loss of Scotland and Ireland