According to Boris Johnson, the U.K. has nothing to fear from a British exit from the European Union because it would overwhelmingly be in the bloc’s interests to strike a generous free-trade deal with the U.K.

Indeed, the pro-Brexit mayor of London told the House of Commons’ Treasury Committee on Wednesday that if the U.K. voted to quit the EU in June’s referendum, “it would not be beyond the wit of man” to conclude a deal very quickly that largely preserved existing arrangements.

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