{
  "id": 9500012,
  "title": "UK losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade due to mismatched product rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/uk-losing-up-to-6-5bn-a-year-in-eu-trade-due-to-mismatched-product",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T04:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/24/uk-losing-billions-in-eu-trade-due-to-mismatched-product-rules"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new report from the IPPR reveals that the UK is potentially losing up to £6.5 billion annually in EU trade due to the failure to align product testing standards. This discrepancy in regulations has forced many companies to abandon exporting to the EU, resulting in a 0.18% loss of national income. The thinktank suggests that a deal with Brussels allowing manufacturers to avoid duplicate product testing could help boost exports to the EU by as much as £6.5 billion per year. In particular, motor vehicle and part exports would have been £2.48 billion to £3.42 billion higher each year, electronic exports could have increased by £1.17 billion to £1.67 billion, and pharmaceutical exports could have seen an annual uplift of £740 million to £820 million.",
  "summary": "IPPR finds failure to align testing standards has forced companies to abandon exporting to EU and is costing costing 0.18% of national income The UK is losing out on annual exports to the EU that could be worth as much as £6.5bn without a deal with Brussels that allows manufacturers to jettison duplicate product testing. In the latest attempt to calculate the loss of trade with the EU after…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}