sweden which had a performance that was similar to the uk's before it left the eu in NUMBER_TOKEN. the think tank then compared these results with the actual performance of the uk imports and exports since january according to the latest trade data published by the office for national statistics the think tank calculated that leaving the single market and customs union has reduced trade in goods in october by NUMBER_TOKEN percent or NUMBER_TOKEN billion pounds now while trade data is always in flux and continually being revised the deputy director for the center for european reform said that he was pretty confident that brexit was responsible for this massive drop he said and i quote we know that goods trade across advanced economies is now higher than it was before the pandemic apart from in the uk and a couple of other countries who have got some other problems so we're pretty sure that it's not down to the pandemic that the uk is a long way behind other countries and this is true i recently showed a graph from the ons in a video about the express which shows that the eu has made a recovery when it comes to trade but the uk has not the response from boris johnson's government is that there have been some teething problems since the end of the brexit transition period how long will they continue with that excuse however experts and heads of industry are predicting a permanent gap in trading goods opening up the writing is clearly on the wall recently the obr the office for budget responsibility said that they believed the uk economy would shrink by four percent in the long term as a result of brexit uk exporters have also been struggling since january cheshire cheese which has been in the news throughout the year say that before brexit they exported to NUMBER_TOKEN countries in the european union now the business is pretty much shut out of all including northern ireland this is due to health certificates that are required these are necessary for goods that contain animal products the head of the company said that export health certificates are costing him about a quarter of a million pounds a year he told the media and i quote we're actually trapped at the moment on the mainland of the uk the same trade rules that apply to the european union also apply to northern ireland all cheese producers are now fishing in a very small pond whereas before we had a vast sea to fish in as i've said before some companies with very deep pockets can throw money at the problems brexit has created others will struggle to adapt to the new situation by attempting to export from a third country to the single market lord frost seems more interested in threatening to trigger article NUMBER_TOKEN of the northern protocol than try to help businesses who are facing an uncertain future in great britain they need practical solutions from their government and they need the worst of brexit to be mitigated sadly we all remember what boris johnson told business let me know in the comments section guys what you think as always your comments are greatly appreciated thanks a lot
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