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Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK's #1 export market is NOT the EU. It's the Rest of the World 🗺️
◙ The UK's #1 export destination is NOT the EU powerhouse economy Germany. It's the USA 🇺🇸
◙ The UK runs a £95bn annual goods trade deficit with the EU27.

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ More than half of UK goods exports go to countries outside the EU27 despite the Rotterdam Effect that logs UK exports destined for the Rest of the World that are trans-shipped via EU entrepôts as exports to that EU member state

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ Some two-thirds of UK exports of services go to countries outside the EU27. Even the Paris-based OECD says protectionism (barriers to trade) in services is rising inside the EU. It won't get any easier to export into the EU.

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with the USA 🇺🇸
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Brazil 🇧🇷
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with South Korea 🇰🇷
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with the UAE 🇦🇪

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Mexico 🇲🇽
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Egypt 🇪🇬
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with the Philippines 🇵🇭
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Canada 🇨🇦

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Australia 🇦🇺
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with New Zealand 🇳🇿
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Ghana 🇬🇭
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Angola 🇦🇴

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Morocco 🇲🇦
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Senegal 🇸🇳
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Uruguay 🇺🇾
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Israel 🇮🇱
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Lebanon 🇱🇧
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Jordan 🇯🇴
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Oman 🇴🇲

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Afghanistan 🇦🇫
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Tanzania 🇹🇿
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Uganda 🇺🇬
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Zambia 🇿🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Botswana 🇧🇼

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Hong Kong 🇭🇰
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Mongolia 🇲🇳
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Macao 🇲🇴
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Singapore 🇸🇬

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Benin 🇧🇯
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Togo 🇹🇬
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Liberia 🇱🇷
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with El Salvador 🇸🇻
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Cuba 🇨🇺
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Panama 🇵🇦
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Suriname 🇸🇷

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Bahrain 🇧🇭
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Iran 🇮🇷
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Iraq 🇮🇶
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Georgia 🇬🇪

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Sudan 🇸🇩
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Chad 🇹🇩
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Niger 🇳🇪
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Mali 🇲🇱

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Belarus 🇧🇾
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Macedonia 🇲🇰
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Armenia 🇦🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Albania 🇦🇱

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Namibia 🇳🇦
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Jamaica 🇯🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Brunei 🇧🇳
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Mauritania 🇲🇷

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

In 2017, the UK ran goods trade deficits with fully 22 of the EU27's member states.

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Congo DR 🇨🇩
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Congo Rep 🇨🇬
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Gabon 🇬🇦
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Rwanda 🇷🇼

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Curaçao 🇨🇼
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Aruba 🇦🇼
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with the Bahamas 🇧🇸
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Barbados 🇧🇧

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with British Virgin Is 🇻🇬
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Bermuda 🇧🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with St Helena 🇸🇭
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Falklands 🇫🇰

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Andorra 🇦🇩
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Liechtenstein 🇱🇮
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with São Tomé 🇸🇹
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Burundi 🇧🇮

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Guinea 🇬🇳
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with the Gambia 🇬🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Haiti 🇭🇹
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Samoa 🇼🇸

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with the Cayman Is 🇰🇾
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Dominica 🇩🇲
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Gibraltar 🇬🇮
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Grenada 🇬🇩

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Marshall Is 🇲🇭
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Niue 🇳🇺
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with N. Mariana Is 🇲🇵
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Montserrat 🇲🇸

Can Continuity Remainers absorb difficult facts?

◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Paraguay 🇵🇾
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Bosnia 🇧🇦
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with US Virgin Is 🇻🇮
◙ The UK runs annual trade surpluses with Sint Maarten🇸🇽

In 2017, the UK ran goods trade deficits with 22 of the EU27, including:

- £31.6bn with Germany 🇩🇪🇪🇺
- £18.6bn with the Netherlands 🇳🇱🇪🇺
- £11.4bn with Belgium 🇧🇪🇪🇺
- £ 8.2bn with Italy 🇮🇹🇪🇺
- £ 6.1bn with Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇺
- £ 5.5bn with Poland 🇵🇱🇪🇺
- £ 3.6bn with Czech Rep 🇨🇿🇪🇺

In 2017, the UK ran goods trade deficits with 22 of the EU27, including:

- £3.2bn with France 🇫🇷🇪🇺
- £2.2bn with Denmark 🇩🇰🇪🇺
- £2.0bn with Slovakia 🇸🇰🇪🇺
- £1.7bn with Sweden 🇸🇪🇪🇺
- £1.5bn with Austria 🇦🇹🇪🇺
- £1.5bn with Portugal 🇵🇹🇪🇺
- £1.4bn with Hungary 🇭🇺🇪🇺

In 2017, the UK ran goods trade deficits with 22 of the EU27, including:

- £1.2bn with Finland 🇫🇮🇪🇺
- £0.8bn with Romania 🇷🇴🇪🇺
- £0.3bn with Latvia 🇱🇻🇪🇺
- £0.2bn with Lithuania 🇱🇹🇪🇺
- £0.2bn with Slovenia 🇸🇮🇪🇺

In 2017, the UK ran goods trade deficits with 22 of the EU27, including:

- £0.2bn with Luxembourg 🇱🇺🇪🇺
- £0.1bn with Estonia 🇪🇪🇪🇺
- £0.1bn with Bulgaria 🇧🇬🇪🇺

Malaysia 🇲🇾 has a higher GDP per capita PPP ($29,432*) than...

Poland ($29,291) 🇵🇱🇪🇺
Hungary ($28,964) 🇭🇺🇪🇺
Greece ($27,809) 🇬🇷🇪🇺
Latvia ($27,598) 🇱🇻🇪🇺
Romania ($25,841) 🇷🇴🇪🇺
Croatia ($25,264) 🇭🇷🇪🇺
Bulgaria ($20,329) 🇧🇬🇪🇺

* World Bank

Russia 🇷🇺 is larger than Canada
Canada 🇨🇦 is larger than China
China 🇨🇳 is larger than the USA
The USA 🇺🇸 is larger than Brazil
Brazil 🇧🇷 is larger than Australia
Australia 🇦🇺 is larger than the EU27 🇪🇺