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Data: UK's Top 10 Sectors 1999 - 2018

Have the benefits of EU membership aided UK exports? A two-decade, 13-sector analysis

If seamless trade with the EU seriously benefits UK export sectors, then it should be apparent from historical data. The UK export...

ONS data, trade in non-monetary gold & computing the growth rates of EU & WTO trade: 1999 -

The UK's Office for National Statistics provides by far the best data with which to analyse long-term trends in UK trade. It's current...

UK car makers have frictionless trade with EU but exports are at a stand still. Why?

The UK car industry's approach to frictionless trade is an enigma. Its principal industry body - the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

Success or Failure 1998-2017? The UK & the Customs Union in 7 Simple Graphs

There’s a difference between what seamless trade with the EU is supposed to achieve in theory and what it's actually achieved in...

Last 20 years of UK-EU trade data show Clean Brexit is safest course. Part 1

A single assumption underpins all debate on UK’s post-Brexit trade objectives: that trade within the Customs Union and the Single Market...

Last 20 years of UK-EU trade data show Clean Brexit is safest course. Part 2

Export Categories 1–5 In 2017, manufacturing contributed 89% of all UK goods exports, down only fractionally from 91% in 1998. But the...

Last 20 years of UK-EU trade data show Clean Brexit is safest course. Part 3

Export Categories 6–10 The second half of UK’s top-ten export categories comprise: computers & electronics (£27 bn), basic metals (£15.7...

May's Passage to India: Mind the Fence

With 7% annual growth and a pro-business BJP government, India is a fertile prospect for post-Brexit Britain’s trade endeavours. But to...

10 Tips for Trade Negotiators ... & How to Help Scotland

The UK's Department for International Trade (DIT) needs to resolve complex policy questions quickly: should UK pursue Free Trade; should...

UK's Global FTA Voyage: How to Navigate Rough Seas

With just two years to scope out post-Brexit trade deals and limited expertise to hand, UK trade negotiators are in an exceptionally weak...

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UK Trade: Data, Analysis, Perspective