Friday, January 27, 2017

‘Brexit costs Dutch companies already money’ – NU.nl

The imminent departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union is costing companies in the Netherlands now all the money. Because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the process around the Brexit see a lot of entrepreneurs, for example, orders have to be postponed.

That sets the association evofenedex Friday.

The association got over the past weeks, lots of phone calls from concerned members. She has a hotline open where other companies can go with their concerns about Brexit and where they are in their wishes for a new trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU.

Especially trading and manufacturing companies suffer from the uncertainty that their British business partners kopschuw. Evofenedex, that represents the interests of entrepreneurs who do a lot of business abroad, by means of the notification center who have problems in mapping.

“Investments for the longer term, be the most delayed”, says a spokesperson of evofenedex against NU.nl. "Companies in the chemical industry, for example, suffer from."

“The companies that for example, make sure that, every day there are fresh flowers at the market in Newcastle, say, as yet little

affected by a looming Brexit. This is because they take on a somewhat shorter term.”

Third largest trading partner

The United Kingdom is the third largest trading partner of our country, and is, according to evofenedex good for about 300,000 jobs. Total raised in 2015 to 38 billion euros, exports, North sea. There is an import value of 21 billion euro.

Except for the Brexit is also the trade policy of the new American president Donald Trump is a source of concern. He already has a line put in by a commercial treaty with Asian countries and also wants the North American trade treaty NAFTA debate.

especially that last may, according to evofenedex also the Dutch business community is touching. Entrepreneurs, for example, Canada export, and from there the American and Mexican markets, can be quite suffer from any restrictions.

By: ANP/NU.en

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