DMcG: In your example you're talking about having equality in whether or not to trade. SPB was talking about having equality in setting USAs trade policies. We do note have a 1:1 equal say in EU policies, it is not either what we want, or what the EU wants. it is a 1:27 (with various weightings applied) relationship, in view of the number of parties involved in making the policies.
I was asking whether, if we emulate our control on EU policies in setting up trade with USA would it be a 1:1 relationship? or (as with EU where every state gets a say) a 1:50 relationship? which is very little influence at all.