New EU trade regulations will cause further pain for the UK. Starmer’s talk of breaking down barriers must be more than warm words, says Gua
"From Thursday, general product safety regulations (GPSR) will apply to a huge new range of products...Exporters will need an agent within the EU or Northern Ireland, costing at least €150 an item a year...The Office for National Statistics says Brexit cost the UK £1m an hour in 2022. The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates Brexit will cause UK trade to fall by 15%. Replicating EU regulators, as for medicines and chemicals, is expensive." Even now, years later, new economic consequences continue to add up.
















