CER podcast: Is Brexit to blame for Britain's economic woes?

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🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast, we considered the impact that Brexit has had on the UK economy so far. Our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi spoke to two economists: Thomas Sampson of the London School of Economics, and John Springford, the CER's deputy director. They discussed and compared their findings on how Brexit has affected UK goods trade and inflation, and John shared his latest research on how Brexit has impacted GDP, investment and services trade. Read John's latest CER report: https://cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2022/cost-brexit-so-far Music by Edward Hipkins Produced by Rosie Giorgi

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CIA podcast.
0:04.0	Poson us seriously the question of the
0:05.9	future that we want, and we all
0:08.0	all together to the courage to be construing.
0:10.5	For us in Germany, is the
0:11.9	Bekenness to the European Europe,
0:14.0	a part of our state's resolve.
0:15.6	A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world
0:17.8	because an integrated Europe remains vital to our
0:20.1	international order. This is the moment for Europe world because an integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.
0:21.3	This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.
0:27.7	Hello and welcome to the Centre for European Reform Podcast. I'm Rosie Georgie, the CER's media
0:34.5	coordinator and host of the podcast. Today we're going to be talking about the
0:40.2	UK economy and discussing the findings of two economists who have both spent a lot of time
0:45.7	analysing the impact that Brexit has had on it. One of them I work with, that's John Springford,
0:51.9	who's the CER's deputy director, and the other I don't, that's
0:55.8	Thomas Sampson, who's an associate professor in economics at the London School of Economics.
1:01.9	Thank you both for joining me. We're going to learn about the impact that the UK's decision to
1:07.4	leave the EU has had on UK GDP, investment, goods and services trade and inflation.
1:13.6	As a reminder, the key reference points to highlight for this will be the Brexit referendum of June
1:19.6	2016, the transition period which kept the UK in the Single Market and Customs Union until it ended
1:26.6	on the 31st of December 2020,
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