Economy, Business & Finance
Trade with America: are we getting a good deal?
The UK runs a trade surplus with the USA and a deficit with the EU. Read
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Trade
Fact checks around imports, exports and trade figures
Europe
Is the EU becoming less important to the world economy?
Although the EU’s GDP is growing, it is at a slower rate than the rest of the world’s. Read
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Europe
Will getting rid of EU tariffs help the worst off?
Higher tariffs make what we buy from other countries more expensive. Read
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Europe
Does the EU say it's safe to eat chicken rinsed in chlorine?
The EU's food standards arm says there are "no safety concerns" with the process of washing chicken with chlorine, but has raised other concerns about hygiene. Read
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Europe
Can you be in the single market without being an EU member?
It’s technically possible for a non-EU member to be in the single market. But this arrangement means accepting rules set by the EU. Read
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Europe
Could leaving the European nuclear club put cancer patients at risk?
We don't fully know how leaving Euratom - the European common market in nuclear materials - will affect our access to them. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Trade with the Commonwealth
UK exports to the other 50 or so Commonwealth nations were 9% of the total in 2015. Read
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Europe
The UK’s trade deficit with the EU
What’s the UK trade deficit with the rest of the EU - and what might that mean for our negotiating position? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Post-Brexit trade tariffs
We have a voluntary choice about import tariffs, but not the tariffs on our exports. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
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 is tricky. Read
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