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Hard Brexit - the EU's Biggest Import Tariffs
27th November 2016
Our friends at Trade News Analysis have produced this handy summary of the steepest import tariffs applied by the European Union to non-member nations.
#BREAKING: 'Hard Brexit' will entirely wipe out UK exports of processed food, apparel, meat to EU. https://t.co/cyEcSY2Mwq @ESRIDublin pic.twitter.com/90BAAYEaMp
— Trade News Analysis (@TradeNewsCentre) November 25, 2016
It is a useful primer if the UK ends up with a "hard Brexit" outcome because it suggests that a number of industries with significant exports to the EU could be in serious trouble.
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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