The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned that a significant number of businesses are still struggling with the UK-EU trade deal. The business organisation is calling on the Government to look again at how trade with Europe can be improved, two years on from the deal agreed by Boris Johnson.
The UK Brexit deal came after years of often fraught negotiations between London and Brussels, with the economic impact of the UK’s exit still a divisive issue. Last month, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said Brexit had caused a “significant adverse impact” to trade volumes and business relationships between UK and EU firms.
Shevaun Haviland, director general of the BCC, called for an “honest dialogue” on improving the UK-EU trading relationship. She said: "Businesses feel they are banging their heads against a brick wall as nothing has been done to help them, almost two years after the TCA was first agreed. The longer the current problems go unchecked, the more EU traders go elsewhere, and the more damage is done."
