21-08-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com

Liam Fox's target for post-Brexit exports is wishful thinking | Larry Elliott

The UK increasing overseas sales to 35% of GDP is a nice idea but too few British firms are onsideThe timing of the government’s latest export drive is far from accidental. With Theresa May intent on showing Brussels that Britain could not just survive but thrive in the event of a hard Brexit, Whitehall has come up with a plan for increasing the amount of goods and services sold overseas.This is by no means the first attempt to broaden the horizons of UK plc. Back in 2015, the aim was to d
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