Abe urges May to avoid 'no deal' Brexit

It is not a question of avoiding a deal but avoiding ‘a bad deal!’

Secretive PM May has been reticent and not forthcoming in relaying the terms of any agreement to the British public and it seems like a bad deal is the result.

Even the Treasury dept of the UK has predicted that economically the UK would suffer under May’s proposals.-definitely a bad deal!

PM May is in an actual Parliament, not a glee club, so it's kinda different

I don’t think Britain is that stupid to join the TPP, leaving the EU only to join another globalist union.

Why would she listen to our dear leader whose clan have managed to destroy Japanese economy for 23 years?

I sincerely hope we DO leave without a deal.

The current deal will fail. The Labor party opposes it and rejects it. Half the Tories reject it.

I don't see how it passes through the U.K parliament under such conditions.

A second referendum will be used as the circuit breaker.

The question will be a) Stay in the E.U under the current conditions b) hard brexit

And I would not be confident if I was Japan that the people do not select hard brexit

Seems a 50/50 bet to me.

I sincerely hope we DO leave without a deal.

I actually think that would be better for the U.K, unless they choose to stick inside the E.U, which is perhaps the best option of all.

I know one thing, this deal is terrible and should be rejected.

May got rolled by the E.U and that was always the most likely outcome. Its a complete power imbalance in terms of negotiations. That's one of the arguments for sticking inside the union. The power of 500 million Europeans and the attraction of the E.U market to other countries, rather than just the U.K alone.

I remember reading articles before this whole Brexit thing occurred suggesting the U.K would have a larger economy than Germany in due time which would provide them with an opportunity for de-facto leadership.

If that is true, as British PM, I would have waited for that moment.

When the UK pulled out of the ERM in 1993, the UK would be poorer. It was'nt.

When the UK did not join the single currency, the UK would be poorer. It was'nt. I could go on all day.

I don't see the point of the UK joining TPP. The UK already trades with all the countries who are members of TPP.

If anything, I think countries should be very cautious dealing with Japan at the moment with this business with Nissan and detention without charge going on.