Home UK-EU trade data reveal ‘very concerning’ discrepancies UK-EU trade data reveal ‘very concerning’ discrepancies Huge gap between statisticians on either side of Channel over impact of Brexit on exports/imports World Economy News 22 Jun 2021 • 5 min read Hello from London, where the mood is as changeable as the weather. Largely because it is not yet clear whether the Covid-19 Delta variant will crash dreams of a more normal summer or prove to be a shorter and less damaging third wave. Our main piece focuses on that other problem affecting public life here: Brexit. Specifically, some odd differences between what the trade data produced by UK statisticians and their EU equivalents say about how drastic the impact of severing ties has been on exporters. Either way, the picture isn’t great. But quite how bad the reality is depends on which side you believe.