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20 June 2018

Can free ports save the North post-Brexit?

A recent report argues that tariff-free trading zones could generate £1,500 for every Northern family. 

By Augusta Riddy

(Photo By shutterstock/neil mitchell)

Free ports could provide the answer to growing the economy of Northern England after Brexit, a new report claims.

Free ports are special trade zones that exist within a country as an independent jurisdiction, where goods can be imported and exported tariff-free and without the application of other customs arrangements.

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