Attitudes towards Britain walking out of new trade deal with EU 2017 survey

This statistic shows results from an online survey conducted in Great Britain in January 2017 on whether Britain should walk away from new trade deal with the European Union (EU) if no good deal is offered. From the respondents, 55 percent thought that Britain should be prepared to walk away if it could not secure a good deal.

Do you think Britain should or should not be prepared to walk away from a bad deal?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Should be prepared to walk away	55%
Should not be prepared to walk away	24%
Don't know	21%

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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 suggested that Britain would walk away from negotiations if other European Union countries are not prepared to offer a good deal. This would mean Britain leaving the EU without a new trade deal and tariffs being applied to imports and exports between Britain and the EU. Do you think Britain should or should not be prepared to walk away from a bad deal?
-Should be prepared to walk away – the EU are more likely to offer a good deal if they know we would leave without one
- Should not be prepared to walk away – Britain needs to stick with it and do whatever it takes to secure a deal of some sort
- Don't know

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