HC Deb 27 May 1982 vol 24 c353W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Minister for Trade if he makes any assessment of the advantage to the United Kingdom of having an increasing proportion of its foreign trade with the European Economic Community.

Mr. Peter Rees

It is not possible to make a confident judgment of the relative advantage to the United Kingdom of trade with one country rather than another.

It is for the commercial judgment of exporters which markets they concentrate on.