2018 WBG Briefing: Trade and Investment
Ahead of the 2018 Autumn Budget, we’ve put together a briefing on the gender implications of future trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.
Report
Our 2018 report with Fawcett Society and the #FaceHerFuture campaign reveals damaging economic impact of Brexit on women.
The first independent report looking at the economic impact of Brexit on women has today been published by the Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society. The report shows the economic impact of Brexit will hit women hard, leading to lost jobs, cuts to services and a squeeze on family budgets.
Economists predict UK GDP will be between 1.5% and 3.5% lower if we stay in the Single Market and Customs Union and up to 9.5% lower as a result of a no-deal ‘hard Brexit. This new report examines for the first time what this fall in GDP will mean for women.
The report also warns that a poor deal with the EU would put the UK in a weaker position to resist pressure from other countries for trade deals that would damage women’s rights at work, adversely impact them as consumers or undermining the quality of public services including:
Ahead of the 2018 Autumn Budget, we’ve put together a briefing on the gender implications of future trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.
Urgency to extend the negotiation period and develop deliberative mechanisms to engage diverse voices prior to the Article 50 deadline.
Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017.
WBG has produced a response to the Operation Yellowhammer Report.