WTO Head: Brexit will not cause UK trade 'disruption' - SkyNews

In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo said that he did not believe the Brexit vote was "anti-trade" and dismissed fears that Britain could suffer a sudden seizure of trade during or after its negotiations with the EU.

When asked about the exit process and whether it would prove tricky and disruptive for UK businesses, Azevedo noted the following:

"The UK is a member of the WTO today, it will continue to be a member tomorrow. There will be no discontinuity in membership.

"They have to renegotiate (their terms of membership) but that doesn't mean they are not members.

"Trade will not stop, it will continue and members negotiate the legal basis under which that trade is going to happen. But it doesn't mean that we'll have a vacuum or a disruption."