Britain | Doing a disservice
The pandemic has disrupted services trade
Even so, the costs of Brexit are visible in official data
MORE THAN half a year has passed since the end of the transition period in which Britain had left the EU, but remained in the single market. A good moment, then, to try to gauge the impact of Brexit on trade—in particular on services, where the exit deal offered few protections compared with those for trade in goods.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Doing a disservice”
Britain July 31st 2021
- Northern Ireland’s schools are slowly becoming less segregated
- Northern Irish Catholics are becoming less devout
- A conservative sport gets a glitzy makeover
- The pandemic has disrupted services trade
- Boris Johnson’s gamble looks like it will pay off
- London’s flooding is sure to worsen
- Is Westminster going back to normal?
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