Trade - Will Brexit cause disruption in Britain's ports? | Britain
Trade Imports are unlikely to be affected, but exports may well be S INCE THE European Union’s single market took effect in 1992, goods have flowed freely across Britain’s border with the EU without the suite of checks normally carried out at a country’s frontier. When Britain leaves the union at 11pm on December 31st, this arrangement will end. Pol Sweeney of Descartes, a supply-chain technology company, estimates that Britain’s departure will create a requirement to inspect a volume of goods some five to ten times larger than are checked at present. Those checks will be required wi...
Source: economist.com