With the E.U. state of Britain set to secede from the Union,
one major question was whether British businesses would continue to get
unfettered access to the E.U.’s domestic market. I submit that subjecting
free-trade negotiations to stipulations that are oriented to states rather than trading partners is
unfair to Britain. Given the extraordinary influence of E.U. state officials at
the federal level, this is a case in which the political influence of British
business would be constructive rather than subversive of the public domain to
private interests.
The full essay is at "Essays on the E.U. Political Economy," available at Amazon.