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They would buy British goods and services. Buying British goods and services would create more jobs in Britain and would improve the Polish economy at the same time. The extra wealth created in Poland would be a potential market for British goods and services in the future.
The EU are stopping poorer countries from trading with Britain. By taking money from hard working efficient people and wasting it on inefficient farmers and other industries African countries are struggling to sell produce here at the depressed subsidized EU price.
Countries like Poland are struggling because they do not have access to the vast EU market. That is one of the reasons they want to join. What the sad thing is, is when your in all your sovereignty will go to - look at Britain!
The EU is kicking Eastern Europe and Africa in the teeth. Africa needs all the wealth it can get at the moment to deal with fresh water and the AIDS problem. Africa will continue to struggle unless we open our markets to them, this will benefit the consumer and will boost British industry.
The US has not been perfect when it comes to international trade but they do listen to economists and trade with the US has helped many of the worlds nations industrialise. This in turn has made the US very wealthy and very powerful.
The USA poured billions into Western Europe and Japan after the Second World War. The saying was "America was doing well out of doing good". There was a shortage of US dollars in Europe and so the US gave Europe US dollars to stop the economy coming to a halt.
As a result just over 10 years later there was a huge economic growth in the late 50's.
Why can't we do this today? The people of Eastern Europe have suffered so much under Stalinism which only ended in 1991, lets rebuild Eastern Europe and then the World.
Could we have another economic boom like we did in the late 50's?
We should stop being cruel to the poorer nations of the world and give them a hand up with trade so that they can develop and be as strong as Britain.
And leave the EU!