Market Uncertainties Cause a Slowdown in International Trade for UK SMEs

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The future outlook for international trade looks gloomy going into 2018 for UK SMEs, with 75 per cent of them expecting trade to decline or remain stagnant over the next 12 months.  That is according to WorldFirst's Global Trade Barometer.

“A positive that has come from such a negative year is that UK SMEs are seemingly drowning out the Brexit noise," says Jeremy Cook, chief economist at WorldFirst.

Read more on how UK SME confidence seems to have hit rock bottom when it comes to international trade.