Bad EU trade deal 'disastrous' for UK jobs, investment and growth
by Hilary Osborne from on (#2SP6Z)
Business reject Brexiters' claims UK can thrive without EU trade deal in place, report by Ed Balls and Peter Sands says
British businesses have rejected claims by leading Brexiters that trade with the rest of the world can replace free access to European markets, arguing that quitting the single market and customs union without a trade deal with the EU will harm their growth prospects.
In a report by the former shadow chancellor Ed Balls and Peter Sands, senior fellows at Harvard University's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, UK businesses owners warned that a bad deal, or no deal, on Brexit would be disastrous for British jobs, investment and growth.
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