Here is the potential economic impact:
Estimated impact in table form:
Here is the estimated sectoral impact:
Me here is the estimated regional impact:
Here is the combined estimate of impact of a UK FTAs with NZ and Australia.
One caveat I would make: the big jump in UK imports under scenario 2 comes from full liberalisation of agrifood tariffs: this is very very unlikely to happen.
(It also assumes NZ/Aus exporters will make heavy use of new preferences, which as per existing EU TRQ for NZ lamb not being filled is not necessarily a guaranteed thing.)
Anyway, to conclude: it’s not about the economics anyway. https://twitter.com/samuelmarclowe/status/1273173135748214784?s=21 https://twitter.com/samuelmarclowe/status/1273173135748214784
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