For Catherine Mathieu, ‘It’s too early to see significant macroeconomic impact of Brexit’

Catherine Mathieu, an economist at the French Observatory for Economic Conditions in Europe (OFCE), assessed the trade relationship between the EU and the UK one year after the signing of the trade cooperation agreement.

Tighter border controls and summer friction

GDP falls by 9.7% in 2020 amid Covid-19 pandemic And the slowdown in trade points to a tough year ahead for the UK. However, after a one-off shock was observed in the first quarter of 2021, the UK economy stayed put.

Catherine ...