Brexit Britain may export lots of services, but selling things it makes is harder | Torsten Bell

Trade data is a long neglected subject, but it’s never been more importantFor most of my career in economic policy, no one asked much about trade data – about developments with imports and exports. The subject just wasn’t that controversial.That’s all changed since 2016. Brexit has made trade data great again – at least in the sense of reinserting it into the centre of politics. But so far that attention is creating political heat, not the greater understanding we n