Does UK’s freeports plan offer a post-Brexit trade solution?
The bidding process to become one of the UK’s new freeports is expected to be launched soon, with the successful applicants to be confirmed in the first half of 2021
The UK government’s proposed plan to establish ‘freeports’ is either an elaborate exercise in window-dressing, a stated desire for the country to rediscover its maritime capabilities, or a real solution to the facilitation of trade and infrastructure post-Brexit