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The UK’s exit from the EU will have a profound effect on household living standards, though what that effect will be will depend on the nature and timing of Brexit. Our work focuses on how Brexit, and Brexit-related policy areas such as our trade policy, affect people’s incomes.

Contacts

Sophie Hale

Principal Economist
T: 0203 372 2919
E: sophie.hale@resolutionfoundation.org

Emily Fry

Economist
T: 0203 372 2957
E: emily.fry@resolutionfoundation.org
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Britain’s post-Brexit trade patterns are finally emerging in the data

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The impact of Brexit on trade in the first two years after leaving the EU was complicated by global events: first the pandemic, and then the spike in energy prices.…
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Decent exposure

An overview of how Britain’s exposure to trade has changed

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In this briefing note we assess how the exposure to international trade has changed over the past two decades. First, we consider the role that declining manufacturing employment has played…
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Trading standards

How exposure to global trade shapes our living standards

Britain is an open economy, and has become more open over recent decades – despite the impact of Brexit and ‘slowbalisation’. But the quantity and type of goods and services…
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Local roots of trade routes

The UK’s regional services trade over time

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Services trade is increasingly important for the UK Politicians are often laser-focussed on goods trade, but trade in services is increasingly important for the UK’s growth story. Globally, services trade…
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Ending Stagnation

A New Economic Strategy for Britain

The final report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry The UK has great strengths, but is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. The combination of slow growth…
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Trading Up

The role of the post-Brexit trade approach in the UK’s economic strategy

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After nearly half a century of EU membership, Britain needs a trade strategy. The stakes are high: such a strategy shapes what families and firms buy from abroad, and what…
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The UK’s trade trajectory

In search of a post-Brexit trade strategy

Brexit was a seismic break for the UK, not least in bringing to a close a decades long trade strategy focused on integration with European markets. Since then the Government…
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Open for business?

UK trade performance since leaving the EU

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The overwhelming consensus was that Brexit – which raised trade barriers with the EU – would make the UK less open, less competitive and reduce the size of the economy.…
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