Britain's goods exports 'collapse' to three-year low amid Brexit unease
by Phillip Inman from Economics | The Guardian on (#4553T)
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Britain's goods exports have "collapsed" to levels not seen for three years in response to growing Brexit uncertainty and slowdowns in the Chinese and the US economies, according to a quarterly trade monitor.
Business consultants BDO found that the UK's goods exports, which have suffered a slowdown in growth since the beginning of 2017, contracted in the last three months of the year to leave them at a level not seen since 2015.
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