Is Brexit Britain about to turn into Switzerland — without the fondue?

“The EU really dislikes the Swiss model quite intensely and has a very low opinion of it. So they don’t really want the British to have anything resembling the Swiss model,” said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think tank.

And yet there is a case that “in the very long run, the UK relationship will be a bespoke, unique institutional structure rather like the Swiss,” he added, with Bern’s set-up serving “indirectly” as a model.

...“In broad terms it could start to resemble the Swiss model because it’s sort of sector-by-sector,” said Grant — though he notes that Switzerland’s agreements cover far more sectors, including manufactured goods.