Quote:Over 40 per cent of British products previously exported to the EU have disappeared from European shelves since Brexit, "bleak" new figures show. Trade economists trying to quantify the effects of Brexit warned in research published on Monday that new bureaucracy was putting off exporters on a grand scale. And they said their research shows the export gap created by the policy has "widened rather than closed" in over a year of the new trade system being in effect..Over 40% of British exports have disappeared from European shelves since Brexit
Quote:The official statistics watchdog has reprimanded the Conservatives for claiming the UK had secured £800bn in “new free trade deals” since leaving the EU, saying the figure includes deals rolled over from before Brexit. The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) said it had written to the Tories about the infographic, shared last month by Michael Gove among others, also warning that the party should provide sources for such figures in the future.Watchdog reprimands Tories over £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim | Brexit | The Guardian