有了世贸组织这样的全球贸易框架，即便是最糟糕的情况对英国来说也是可以承受的，因此离开欧盟的后果也不会太大。
With global trading frameworks like the WTO in place, it seemed that even the worst-case scenario for Britain wasn’t all that bad, and, therefore, that the consequences of leaving the EU would be minor.