"When exports account for 30% of Britain’s GDP, and UK-based exporters are struggling to make headway in a world where trade is now booming, it bodes ill for the nation’s economic health over the next year and many more to come."
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theguardian.com/business/2021/…
"The UK enjoyed 13% of all European foreign direct investment in manufacturing in 2015. That's now down to just over 8%. These investments once put the UK at the heart of a European factory network. But no longer." 
"Brexit is beginning to take its toll. Trade with the EU is suffering and foreign investment is heading south. Neither trend is temporary. Brexit is bad for exporters. And not just for today and tomorrow, but for a very long time."
"UK exporters have lost market share. Each EU country can impose its own rules on foreign companies in addition to those set by Brussels. There are licences to apply for, bans on buying property and applications for costly visas. All commonplace obstacles for UK workers & firms."
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