Trade
Fact checks around imports, exports and trade figures
Post-Brexit trade tariffs
We have a voluntary choice about import tariffs, but not the tariffs on our exports.
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How much would a hard Brexit cost?
It's not unorthodox to say that trading with the EU under terms set by the WTO would be bad from an economic perspective, but putting an exact cost on it …
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Trade with the English-speaking world
It’s correct that the UK trades much more with the rest of the EU than with English-speaking countries further afield - at the moment.
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Do two thirds of Welsh exports go to the EU?
The headline figure is correct for goods exports. The way Wales’ trade is calculated has changed significantly in recent months.
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About 1 in 7 German cars are sold in the UK
Germany sells about 14% of all the passenger cars it makes domestically to the UK, a little over one in seven. (That makes up about 18% of the passenger cars …
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Free trade outside the EU customs union
Can the UK be partly in and partly out of the EU customs union?
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The EU's other trade agreements
The EU has 48 trade agreements with other countries, which go beyond World Trade Organisation rules.
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What does leaving the EU mean for trade?
We look at what the impact of leaving the EU will be on trade by the UK.
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How many businesses export to the EU?
It sounds like a simple question, but it’s not so easy to answer. We don’t have any official figures for how many UK businesses in total export to the EU.
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Vote Leave "facts" leaflet: trade
Factchecking the Vote Leave "facts" leaflet.
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