What would WTO mean? Andrew Stoler and Geoff Raby: Brexit Britain has no need to fear WTO terms

A joint response to our series on WTO by a former Director-General of that organisation and a former Australian Ambassador to it – via Policy Exchange.

What would WTO mean? 5) Mark Wallace: Maintaining trade with the EU’s existing partners

There are practical ways to retain our share of the benefits of the EU’s existing arrangements for trade with other countries.

What would WTO mean? 4) Lee Rotherham: Navigating tariffs and Rules of Origin

There are some risks to trade, but they should be rationalised and addressed rather than overhyped.

What would WTO mean? 3) William Norton: Designing a post-Brexit agricultural policy

Hammering out a “Son of CAP” has its challenges, but they are more technical than political – and can be resolved.

What would WTO mean? 2) Christopher Howarth: Financial services and data sharing can be managed without a fully-fledged deal

The absence of a trade agreement with the EU should not concern us – there are swift, practical ways to overcome possible issues.

Introducing a week-long series on what WTO would mean

The absence of tariffs comes last, not first. They are the end-point of a successful negotiation, not its starting-point. They are the icing on the cake.

What would WTO mean? 1) Lee Rotherham: It would be a walk to a beach, not a cliff-edge drop to destruction

Unless either the UK or the EU want a trade war, its most likely consequence would be making use of a mass of small deals to achieve sizeable gains.