Trade in services and digital trade across borders has rapidly grown in recent years, providing key drivers to the UK economy. However, measurement, classification and definitional challenges have come to characterise the nature of available evidence, driving the need for further research in this space.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The UK's exit from the European Union presents policymakers with an unprecedented set of challenges, risks and opportunities. Perhaps nowhere are these more significant than in the decisions that the UK will have to make...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies
The project aims to understand how new trade arrangements for the UK might affect different industries, regions, and workers, which directly addresses the question.
This project will form part of the beta testing of the NISRA de-identified Business Data for Research (BDR) database in advance of the data being made available for wider use by approved researchers within the Administra...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Ulster
The project uses newly available datasets to provide insights on the determinants of trade flows for Northern Irish businesses, including the impact of the Brexit decision, which partially addresses the question.
For the first time in 50 years the UK has 'sovereignty' over its trade policy. It must now decide, for example, how to configure its free trade agreements, its regulations for imported food and digital trade and its trad...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sussex
The project focuses on inclusive trade policy and addresses the differential impact of trade across locations, firms, and individuals, but does not directly answer the question.