Amid tight Brexit polls, Netherlands' trade and investment leaders wary of referendum

Press quote (International Business Times)
Rem Korteweg
24 May 2016

The Dutch, could negotiate for more-open trade terms to minimize any economic fallout, according to Rem Korteweg, a Dutch expert in the geopolitics of trade at the Centre for European Reform. "There will be generally a willingness to give the UK good terms, just based on economic arguments," Korteweg said. "But [the Netherlands] won't want to give access to the single market without any strings attached...."There'd be this idea to try to prevent this sort of copycat behavior from making Euroskeptics from across the union enthusiastic about getting this good deal," Korteweg said.