诚然，与欧盟的联系不会立刻切断，英国政府也将获得几年时间与欧洲单一市场（目前占英国出口的近一半）进行贸易协定谈判。
To be sure, ties with the EU would not be severed immediately, and the UK government would have a couple of years to negotiate a trade agreement with the European Single Market, which accounts for nearly half of British exports.