Economics

U.K Trade Deficit Widens to Most Since 1996 as Exports Drop

  • ONS says a change in methodology caused much of the decline
  • Post-Brexit red tape on traders increased in January
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The U.K.’s trade deficit widened to a record high in January as exports to the European Union plunged with an increase in red tape following Britain’s exit from the bloc.