Economics

EU Rules to Hurt U.K. Trade More Than Just Tariffs After Brexit

  • Economists estimate U.K. exports to EU could drop 14% vs 2015
  • UN trade body: EU membership trade benefit went beyond tariffs

Straddle carriers move freight containers at a deep-sea port, in Stanford-le-Hope, U.K.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Rules and regulations will compound the problem of tariffs for U.K. exporters looking to keep selling to the European Union after Brexit.