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Many businesses “are going to think very hard before choosing the U.K. if they don’t know whether it will be part of the integrated market” of the European Union, said Thomas Sampson, a lectu... Read more...
22 June 2018
THE LUDICROUS customs partnership arrangement preferred by Remainers as a solution to the Ireland border post-Brexit has been torn apart by a London based think thank who have argued the plan is almo... Read more...
27 May 2018
Article by Thomas Sampson: Why will Brexit cause problems at the border? Let’s start with the basics. The central issue is that currently, goods move freely between the UK and other EU countries. That&rs... Read more...
13 November 2017
Will the UK be able to strike better trade deals than the European Union once it leaves the EU? Dr Swati Dhingra interview. Related interview #LSEBrexitvote/Swati Dhingra/Is leaving the Customs Union the... Read more...
23 October 2017
Exclusive: Krugman rejects the assertions of Brexiteers that leaving the single market and customs union will ultimately help the UK export more to the rest of the world. A study by economi... Read more...
27 September 2017
Article by Swati Dhingra and Josh De Lyon. On trade, the PM reiterated that the UK would be outside the Single Market and the Customs Union after Brexit. The UK would not pursue off-the-shelf arrangements, lik... Read more...
Snippet: ...means goods will be subject to proof-of-origin checks as they cross borders. Research suggests this process adds extra cost on average to the underlying value of the goods, according to Nikhil Datt... Read more...
13 September 2017
Dennis Novy gave a live TV interview to CNN (host: Rosemary Church). The topic was the economic impact of Brexit, in particular a potential brain drain from the UK jobs market and the proposed post-Brexit cust... Read more...
16 August 2017
Dr Swati Dhingra talks about the customs union plan. Related links Swati Dhingra CEP publications webpage: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/author.asp?author=dhingra ... Read more...
15 August 2017
Also, the U.K. paper isn't a negotiating document and presented technical ideas that weren't fully developed and lacked significant detail. The two long-term approaches "are worth exploring fu... Read more...
LONDON -- The U.K. government proposed a far-reaching customs arrangement with the European Union that it said would eliminate the need for border checks on imports and exports after Brexit. The "new cust... Read more...
Article by Thomas Sampson: The most welcome aspect of the government’s policy paper on future customs arrangements is its acknowledgement of the desirability of a transition agreement after the UK leaves... Read more...
19 July 2017
Article by Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo. Family-oriented policies – such as parental leave, childcare support, and flexible work arrangements – are in place in all high-income countries,... Read more...
03 June 2017
0750 Swati Dhingra interviewed. After the UK gives up full membership of the EU's customs union exporters' goods could be facing checks and delays at Britain's border. ... Read more...
19 January 2017
The meaning of Brexit is yet to become clear. But if Brexit means leaving the customs union of the European Union, Thomas Sampson looks at what it might meant for the UK to pursue its own trade policy for the first time ... Read more...
26 October 2016
It's beginning to dawn on Brexit voters that leaving the EU will be a disaster for working people. Inflation is back as a direct result of the 18 per cent devaluation of the pound since June 23. The forecast for price ri... Read more...
20 October 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May is in Brussels for her first EU summit as UK leader, in the same week as cabinet ministers were presented with a paper warning that Britain pulling out of the EU customs union could lead to a 4... Read more...
The calculations, sent to May's close-knit team of Brexit advisers, which includes Hammond, David Davis, Liam Fox and Boris Johnson, claim the UK economy would be 4.5 percent smaller by 2030 if it leaves the Customs Unio... Read more...
19 October 2016
Chancellor to appear before Treasury select committee after Whitehall estimates show economy could shrink by 4.5% Trade flows and foreign investment would also be hit hard by leaving the customs union, according to figu... Read more...
Cabinet ministers receive stark economic warnings against adopting a 'Norway-style' model The UK could suffer a fall in GDP of 4.5% by 2030 if it leaves the EU customs union. Cabinet ministers were given stark warni... Read more...
Ministers are at loggerheads over whether to quit the European customs union amid warnings it could mean a 4.5 per cent hit to GDP. Papers circulated at a meeting of the Brexit Cabinet committee apparently suggested tha... Read more...
19 July 2016