Downing Street has maintained its refusal to order an economic impact assessment of Brexit, as the European Commission claimed that the damage caused by the UK’s exit from the EU was becoming evident.
On Thursday Maroš Šefčovič, commission vice-president, said it was now becoming possible to disentangle the effects of Brexit from those of the Covid-19 pandemic and the damage to trade was “starting to show more clearly”.
He said trade in services and goods in 2021 from the UK to the EU was down sharply compared with 2019 levels, as new border controls were introduced.
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