ambassador, david o'sullivan. i asked him in the wake of the brexit how trade agreements could shift between the u.k. and e.u. >> well, everything will depend on the, what the u.k. itself proposed -- proposes as the relationship between the u.k. and the union, which it will have left of the there are a number of models the. the european economic area in which participate norway, iceland rnled leicht instein, effectively full members of the single market as u.k. is now but this carries with this con comityant responsibilities to tribute to the persons within the area. since these were controversial issues in the u.k. referendum we don't know if these would be acceptable to the united kingdom. another model is switzerland erlands, a answer -- series of bi lateral agreements that give them access to certain aspektd of the single market but they also have to contribute to the budget and accept free movement. the final could be a model such as canada ar -- or anyone else, which would require the negotiation of a free t

david ambassador, o'sullivan was asked after the vote on the impact of that vote.ere is some of what he had to say. [video clip] >> the consequences of the financial crash, the pain and suffering which is been felt by many people. the families in our economies. the recovery is underway but it is partial and uneven. not everyone feels they are benefiting from the recovery. this am afraid is a common theme to be found all across the countries of europe and i hear it mentioned here. the challenge of politics is to respond to it and respond in the right way. i think most of us would argue that reducing trade, closing borders, closing doors to immigrants is not the right way. it would be counterproductive. but we have to persuade people we can address their concerns without those kind of measures and that will be a challenge. host: from last week's washington journal. marion -- richard in marion, ohio. discussion,resting an important discussion. i don't think one answer is going to do it all. i think we do have one-way trade with japan and china. and they steal our info