UK Trade Stabilises After Tariff Hit

11th July 2025

Responding to the latest ONS data on trade, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said:       “UK trade showed signs of stabilising in May as the initial impact of higher US tariffs began to subside. “Services exports and imports showed steady month on month growth of 0.5%....

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Trade Strategy Must Support Smaller Exporters

10th July 2025

The Trade Confidence Outlook, conducted by the BCC’s award-winning Insights Unit, is a survey of just over 2,000 UK exporters.   The data was collected between 12 May and 9 June, after a narrow trade deal with the US was agreed but before any changes came into effect. The EU...

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