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Welcome to the inquiry on the BBC World Service with me, Tonya Beckett.

One question for expert witnesses and an answer.

The British people have spoken and the answer is we're out.

In 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union.

Those that campaigned for Brexit argued it would offer the UK's self-determination

and the chance to forge its own trade relationships.

But there were also warnings that pulling away from the largest trade block in the world

would prove damaging to the UK economy.

It took four years for the UK to depart and in that time of course

there has been havoc wreaked by the pandemic and war in Ukraine

on nation's finances around the world.

So this week on the inquiry we attempt to disentangle the numbers

and ask what impact has Brexit had on the UK's economy.

Part 1. The Treaty of Rome

In 1957 representatives from six European countries gathered in Rome

to sign an important treaty.

It was an agreement that created a common market for trade

within which goods, people, services and capital could flow freely.

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