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Nicholas Cecil

Ex-Brexit negotiator Lord Frost admits quitting the EU may have hit goods exports by five per cent

Former Brexit minister Lord Frost admits possible blow to UK trade from quitting EU

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Britain’s former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost admitted on Thursday that quitting the EU may have hit goods exports by five per cent.

In a speech on the sixth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, the peer said that it was “obvious” that leaving the customs union and single market would have some transitional impact on the UK’s trade.

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