Bloomberg:
'Brexit' gamble puts UK services firms in the crosshairs
31 March 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.”