Less than a month after the UK completed its separation from the European Union, Britain’s five largest business groups warned the government that companies were facing substantial difficulties moving goods through UK ports. Indeed, trade compliance concerns persist that Brexit will adversely impact business performance in the coming months and years as a result of border and customs disputes, supply chain shortages and disruptions, shipping delays, and stoppages, increased import and export costs, and new and evolving free trade agreements (FTAs).

Less than a month after the UK completed its separation from the European Union, Britain’s five largest business groups warned the government that companies were facing substantial difficulties moving goods through UK ports. Indeed, trade compliance concerns persist that Brexit will adversely impact business performance in the coming months and years as a result of border and customs disputes, supply chain shortages and disruptions, shipping delays, and stoppages, increased import and export costs, and new and evolving free trade agreements (FTAs).