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UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of re-joining the EU Customs Union on the UK economy, in the context of the UK-EU summit on 19 May 2025.

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Treasury
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
1 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of re-joining the EU Customs Union on the UK economy, in the context of the UK-EU summit on 19 May 2025.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 May 2025

    Answer published

    The OBR has estimated that productivity will be 4% lower in the long run than it would have been had the UK not withdrawn from the EU, and that imports and exports will eventually both be 15 per cent lower than had we stayed in the EU. As of the Spring Bu...

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