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The Scotsman:
Brexit and trade: Why stakes for business are so high

25 October 2018

The Centre for Economic Performance estimates that a "No-Deal WTO rules only" scenario would reduce the UK's trade with the EU by 40 per cent over ten years, bringing a fall in income per head of 2.6 per cent per year (net of the savings from no membership fees). And if that isn't scary enough, a leaked Civil Service Cross-Whitehall Report has suggested that it will cost the UK 7.7 per cent of GDP over the next decade and a half.

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