Opinion on new EU trade deals 2017 survey

This statistic shows results from an online survey conducted in Great Britain in January 2017 on whether there should be new trade deal after Brexit even if the conditions are not the best for Britain. From the respondents, 48 percent thought that Britain should not sign a deal that is not optimal.

Theresa May said "no deal is better than a bad deal". Do you agree?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yes - if the EU doesn't offer Britain a good deal, we should not sign any trade deal with them	48%
No - we should sign the best trade deal we can with the EU, even if it is not as good as we hoped	17%
Neither	17%
Don't know	18%

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Release date

January 2017

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

January 17 to January 18, 2017

Number of respondents

1,654 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows:
Theresa May also said that "no deal is better than a bad deal". Which of the following best reflects your view?
- No deal is better than a bad deal - if the EU doesn't offer Britain a good deal, we should not sign any trade deal with them
- A bad deal is better than no deal - we should sign the best trade deal we can with the European Union, even if it is not as good as we hoped for
- Neither
- Don't know

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