EU worth £3000 per year to families.

[LeMaquis]

What trade barriers would be imposed on the UK?

 

That would be determined if and when. At the moment there are no trade barriers within the single market. Individual states outside the EU have to negotiate separately their own trade deals with the EU. If we left we would have to negotiate new trade conditions. What those would be would be determined in the future. You can only look at what Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, etc, have negotiated individually as a hint but what ours would be can only be speculation. All we know is that we would have to negotiate them and we would have to accept a lot of EU law without being able to influence it.

[Anna B]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/britain-must-stay-in-the-european-union-says-cbi-8920045.html

 

A CBI survey claims that being in the EU is worth £3,000 per year to UK families,and backs continued membership of the UK in the EU.

 

A survey found that eight out of 10 CBI members, including 77 per cent of small and medium-sized firms, said they would vote for Britain to remain in the EU if the referendum was held tomorrow. That is despite drawbacks such as creeping regulation and waning competitiveness. “We have looked beyond the political rhetoric to examine the pros and cons of EU membership, and British business is unequivocal; the single market is fundamental to our future,” said John Cridland, the director-general of the CBI. “But the EU isn’t perfect and there is a growing unease about the creeping extension of EU authority. Europe has to become more open, competitive and outward looking if we are to grow and create opportunities and jobs for all our citizens.”

 

How could they possibly know what it's worth when no accountancy firm has been prepared to sign off the EU's accounts for the last 15 years because of all the 'fiscal irregularities.'

[LeMaquis]

How could they possibly know what it's worth when no accountancy firm has been prepared to sign off the EU's accounts for the last 15 years because of all the 'fiscal irregularities.'

 

Wrong end of the stick there. Maybe even wrong stick. The OP is about trade not internal accounting. The £3,000 is reflected in the following quote;

 

"Research for the CBI found that EU membership contributed 4-5 per cent of gross domestic product, or £62-78bn, a year."

 

It has nothing to do with the EU's accounts but the extra trade for the UK that is generated by being in the single market.