‘Remarkable’ decline in trade between UK and EU exposed by new LSE research
“It appears the UK simply stopped selling a lot of products to smaller countries in the EU," researchers noted.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
“It appears the UK simply stopped selling a lot of products to smaller countries in the EU," researchers noted.
“The (UK Government’s) Rwanda initiative did not go down very well in Paris."
"Ah, we can't blame the EU anymore. Let's blame Trade Unions instead..."
The Labour leader has been warned he risks tying his party to the continuing damage of a Brexit process that isn't working.
It comes as the government announced its post-Brexit funding plans for regions across the UK.
The two leaders had very different ideas of when a post-Brexit trade deal would be completed.
"So here is the latest bit of Brexit related bulls*it which is starting to become a reality for pretty much all importers of excise goods."
The plans would hand ministers powers to unilaterally "switch off" parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Gibraltar has been caught between a rock and a hard place since the UK quit the EU.
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