In 2013, the top twenty of these, countries such as Switzerland, Norway, Hong Kong, Canada, Nigeria, Mexico and Australia, together exported goods and services worth €2.593 trillion to EU countries, according to the EU’s own figures, more than our entire economy in the same year. Moreover, six of the top ten countries that export to the EU do not have a trade agreement with the EU at all: China, Russia, the USA, Japan, India and Brazil. Being in the EU is no guarantee of greater financial rewards than being out in terms of trade:
in favour of environmental protection, e.g. fighting climate change or 'green' policies or preservation of natural resources or animal rights