'Restricted market access': How EU green rules could hit £193bn of UK exports

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'Restricted market access': How EU green rules could hit £193bn of UK exports

EXCLUSIVE: New analysis shows how wave of EU sustainability rules will leave UK exporters facing significant compliance requirements

Precisely the scenario Remainers warned would happen during the 2016 referendum is starting to play out, with potentially huge cost implications for the UK's exporters. That is the central conclusion...

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