Retailers issue stark shop price Brexit warning

The British Retail Consortium (BRC)  has warned of deleterious consequences of any Brexit deal which fails to maintain trade concessions with Europe, pointing out that tariffs and duty rises will be passed on directly to consumers.
Concerns are mounting that if the UK were to revert to default World Trade Organisation rules then the duty on imported meat could rise by 27 per cent whilst clothing and footwear tariffs could rise by 16 per cent from nothing at present. Even importers of Chilea