In a debate on the BBC, Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, went even further than the official leave campaign and suggested getting rid of tariffs on goods traded with all countries.
Under the agreement, which was opposed by the nation's farmers, South Korea will remove tariffs on Chilean copper products, wool, tomatoes, wheat and more than 200 fish products, while Chile will get rid of tariffs on South Korean cars, cellphones, computers, televisions and air-conditioners.
"I think we can strike a deal as the Canadians have done based on trade and getting rid of tariffs.
The reality, though, is that countries have already broken the most easily removed barriers to international trade and investment by getting rid of tariffs and export subsidies.
Here, too, there is plenty of potential: to streamline supply chains and raise productivity by getting rid of tariffs and to ease the burden on business by harmonising regulatory standards, so that a car or drug deemed safe in Europe need not be tested again in America.
Friedman believed that markets perform best when freed from government interference, so he advocated getting rid of tariffs, subsidies, minimum-wage laws, public housing, Social Security, financial regulation, and licensing requirements, including those for doctors — indeed, virtually every measure devised to protect people from the market's harsh logic.
