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Emirates Business:
Brexit risk puts services firms in crosshairs

1 April 2016

A vote to leave the European Union in the June 23 referendum could hamper efforts to make it easier and cheaper to do business in the bloc, potentially costing service providers billions of pounds, analysts and trade experts warn. ''We would lose our voice in how changes in regulation were designed, and we would lose our ability to try and push for more integration,'' said Thomas Sampson, a trade specialist at the London School of Economics. ''As a major exporter of services to the rest of the EU, the U.K. would stand to gain a lot from completion of the single market in services.''

This article was published online by Emirates Business on April 1, 2016
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Related publications
Life after Brexit : What are the UK's options outside the European Union?, Swati Dhingra and Thomas Sampson, CEP Brexit Analysis No.02, February 2016
The consequences of Brexit for UK trade and living standards, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis No.01, March 2016

Related links
Thomas Sampson webpage
Trade Programme webpage

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