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Brexit: where we are four years on
Taken together, said John Springford of the Centre for European Reform think-tank, the missed growth in goods and services trade account for "about a £23 billion quarterly hit" to UK exports, which is consistent with a GDP reduction of 4%-5% compared to a Britain that had remained.