Cross-border collaboration is fundamental to effective tackling of the evils facing the publicIn the UK,we possess always had international ambitions and international responsibilities. These obviously predate the EU; we possess been trading and doing business in Europe for centuries. But for more than 40 years, our membership of the EU has significantly helped us realise our ambitions and discharge our responsibilities. It has also made us safer.
That the EU is now our biggest trading partner and that EU membership makes us attractive for inward investment is well known. The EU accounts for 44% of UK exports of goods and services and 53% of UK imports.
More than 80% of UK firms that trade conclude business with Europe. Less well known are the arrangements used on a daily basis by our citizens and businesses to form and maintain the different relationships that trading in Europe throws up – business to business relationships, or business to consumer relationships and family relationships – and to resolve differences when they arise.
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Source: theguardian.com