"THE TRUTH ABOUT TRADE BEYOND THE EU" - Some proof-reading comments - Chris Snuggs

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DE	EXISTING	PROBLEM	PROPOSED
2	UK EXPORTS TO EU IN 2013	The organisation is "THE EU"	UK EXPORTS TO THE EU IN 2013
2	The Truth About Trade Beyond the EU booklet outlines ...	not quite logical - and the title is redundant as it is clearly shown above this text	This booklet outlines ...
3	OUR FUTURE SHOULD NOT BE BUILT ON FALSEHOODS	missing full-stop - they usually appear after other similar headings on other pages
3	To gain that understanding, we all need to be equipped with accurate, insightful facts ...

"accurate" and "insightful" add nothing: the facts are the facts: an inaccurate fact is not a fact	To gain that understanding, we all need to be equipped with the facts, not the usual establishment lies.
4	In 2013, China alone exported goods to the EU worth almost 280 Billion Euros ...

No justification for capitalising "Billion"

ALSO, "euro" is officially LOWER CASE	280 billion euros
4	... dependent on UK membership is a myth- an endlessly repeated myth	1) no space after "myth"

2) missing hyphen	... a myth - an endlessly-repeated myth
5	The EU has numerous different varieties of trade agreement - being an EU member is just one of them.	1) "Varieties" are ipso facto "different"

2) being an EU member is not a trade agreement	The EU has numerous trade agreements both within and outside the EU.
5	AFTER THE UK EXITS THE EU, ALL TRADE WOULD CONTINUE	missing full-stop again
6	Goods exports to the EU in Billions of Euro	case problems again, and it should be "euros"	... exports to the EU in billions of euros
6	The Fall in Global Tariffs since 1988	1) same inconsistency of use of full-stop

2) order of quoted countries?	Brazil, China India and Russia
7	Our decisions are made for us, based on the best interests of the whole EU ..	1) I would capitalise "for".

2) not sure second clause is needed - neither is it self-evident that the UK subsidizing French farming and the obscene revenues of the EU elite is in the best interests of the EU, let alone the UK
7	Today, the UK is a member of over 100 international organisations, including a permanent seat ...	Strictly speaking, "a permanent sat" is not an organisation.	of over 100 international organisations, with a permanent seat on
7	... the UK having its own, direct relationships- this is for the sake of being part of a Political Union with ....	1) no space after "relationships"

2) no reason to capitalise "Political Union"	relationships - this is for the sake of being part of a political union (for which nobody has EVER voted)
8	... the EU has - depending on how it is counted - 109 trade agreements ...	trade agreements are plural	depending on how they are counted
9	which Switzerland miss out on"	Switzerland is singular	which Switzerland misses out on
9	Whereas the EU has agreements ..."	No main clause	... does not have agreements. The EU, on the other hand, has agreements ....
9	Outside of the EU, ....	More concise would be -> Trade agreements would be far easier to make outside the EU.
9	HAVING TRADE AGREEMENTS AND SIMILAR	"AND SIMILAR" adds nothing - and is confusing
10	concerning the two titles on the left	inconsistent use of full-stop
11	negotiate our own trade agreement with the EU	Surely it would be plural?	... our own trade agreements ...