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European Union

Economically integrated group of 28 member states (newest: Croatia). Britain voted to leave in June 2016 in the Brexit referendum. The EU is currently the UK’s largest trading and investment partner: 44% of all UK goods and services exports go to the EU; 53% of UK imports come from the EU; and 45% of the foreign direct investment stock in the UK is from the EU.