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UK borrowing falls in April, to £31.7bn, as Covid-19 costs remain high – business live
The slump in UK-EU goods trade this year shows the impact of Brexit, says John Springford of the Centre for European Reform: The ONS: trade in goods with the EU down 23% in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the first quarter of 2018.
That accords with my estimate - Brexit has reduce total UK trade by 11% (both with EU and the rest of the world).