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The PM in Australia has just put together a task force to examine the opportunities and challenges Brexit provides.
The idea that the Commonwealth will at all be hostile or reluctant to negotiate trade deals with the UK is somewhat bizarre, I'm pretty sure that the Commonwealth these days accounts for a greater share of world GDP than the EU. Most Commonwealth countries are quite compatible with the UK (for obvious reasons).
In 2014, the gross output of the Commonwealth Realms was $10.45 trillion; compared to $18.5 trillion for the EU. So no, the EU is about twice the size. Not only that, the EU is the end destination for 46% of UK exports, the Commonwealth only 11%. Not only that, the EU already has free trade deals with 62% of the Commonwealth and is currently negotiating with 26% of those remaining. Not only that, the UK does not have sufficient diplomatic staff to negotiate trade deals in any kind of reasonable time frame.
So no, this was still a shitty idea.