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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/112022703616081735">Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 02:50:14 JST</a><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" title="chrismayla6@zirk.us"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/89211-48-20230118063718.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Emeritus Prof Christopher May" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Emeritus Prof Christopher May</a></section><article><p>Well, if you wanted to start a shift to British (economic) isolationism than <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Brexit" rel="tag">#Brexit</a> looks to have been a good start... for the last five years the UK has been trading less with other countries (importing/exporting less).</p><p>If this was a structured &amp; planned strategy then one might have been able to assemble an argument for why this made sense.... but an unplanned &amp; chaotic reduction in trade will likely just be hurting <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" rel="tag">#workers</a> (again).</p><p>Didn't 'project fear' have something to say about this?</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2783121#notice-5516897">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-03-03T02:50:14+09:00" title="Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 02:50:14 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/112022703616081735" rel="external" title="Sent from zirk.us via ActivityPub">zirk.us</a></span></span><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/112022703616081735">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2327811">Chart: The volume of UK goods trade fell sharply in the last five year. Rolling 5-year % change, real exports plus imports.from 2002 - 2010, trade was growing, was approaching stagnation between 2008-2013, grew again until 2019, and then started falling.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/112/022/691/656/223/114/original/afb0914cec551b48.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/112/022/691/656/223/114/original/afb0914cec551b48.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 02:50:14 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Well, if you wanted to start a shift to British (economic) isolationism than #Brexit looks to have been a good start... for the last five years the UK has been trading less with other countries (importing/exporting less).
If this was a structured & planned strategy then one might have been able to assemble an argument for why this made sense.... but an unplanned & chaotic reduction in trade will likely just be hurting #workers (again).
Didn't 'project fear' have something to say about this?
In conversationabout 9 months ago from zirk.uspermalink
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1. Chart: The volume of UK goods trade fell sharply in the last five year. Rolling 5-year % change, real exports plus imports. from 2002 - 2010, trade was growing, was approaching stagnation between 2008-2013, grew again until 2019, and then started falling.
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