"It's not us that loses financially if we don't have a free trade agreement, it's Germany and France and other European countries, and that's why of course there will be a free trade agreement that allows all our business to trade freely to and from continental Europe. It will take a relatively short period time in my view because they lose financially."
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Interviewed on Sunday Politics London (21 February 2016)
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Chris Grayling
Christopher Stephen Grayling (born 1 April 1962 in London) is a British Conservative Party politician and author who served as Secretary of State for Transport from 2016 to 2019. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Epsom and Ewell from 2001 to 2024. Before his political career, Grayling worked in the television and film industry.
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