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Exclusive: Liz Truss urged to sign off deals quickly to spare African states high tariffs once Brexit transition period ends
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There's concern that the UK isn't going to be in a position to sign off on trade deals with some African trading partners in the next few weeks, meaning that their exports are going to be hit with tariffs at the start of 2021. Additionally, the cynical view, is that the government is intending to use this threat to drive a particularly hard bargain with Ghana and Kenya, which depend upon the export of primary products for a large portion of their export earnings.
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Of course, were this true, it wouldn't be the sort of thing we'd baulk at the EU doing, would it?