Brexit has damaged 🇬🇧position as a gateway to Europe for imported goods and increased red tape
As Thatcher said we were the gateway to Europe, to get investment from Japan here: Honda, Nissan, whatever. So once you’ve imported it, it’s then free to go anywhere.
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As Thatcher said we were the gateway to Europe, to get investment from Japan here: Honda, Nissan, whatever. So once you’ve imported it, it’s then free to go anywhere.
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There’s now no point. Unless it’s going to terminate in the UK, what’s the point in bringing it here? If it’s going to go into Europe, go to Paris or wherever it may be. And we are seeing that stuff that used to come here is just not coming here anymore.
But Brexit is no longer the only problem on the table, with the prices of imported goods skyrocketing due to the pandemic
For air freight, the prices have doubled or tripled in just getting stuff out the country.
For air freight, the prices have doubled or tripled in just getting stuff out the country.
A container coming in from China this month is five times more than the rate was last year. It’s gone from 3,000 to 15,000 dollar which will hit the customer at some stage.
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