How to maximise post-Brexit trade in Environmental Goods and Services

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Labour's Barry Gardiner argues the UK's future trading relationships should seek to make the UK a green business leader for the 21st century

The global value of ecosystem services was calculated 20 years ago at $33tr per annum. Today that figure has been revised to over $125tr. But whilst global estimates like this, can be instructive in...

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