The U.K. has been experiencing a severe shortage of drugs recently and medicine for such conditions as type 2 diabetes, cancer, motor neurone disease and such forth are either extremely difficult if not impossible to obtain. The reason being that we have a close neighbour whose buying power is so much greater than ours.
This morning we have news that the EU has decided to “future-proof” by stockpiling drugs as far as it possibly can, which will further snd severely exacerbate the U.K. s position.
In other Brexit news -trade talks with Canada have completely broken down. The U.K. inherited the trade deal when it left the EU, and has since been in talks to try to maintain that deal as is, but given the UKs much lesser economic clout, Canada has refused to play ball and have walked away from the talks. The fallout will mean that cars manufacturers, cheese manufacturers and beef manufacturers amongst other stuff. now face high tariffs if they wish to export to Canada.
Of course we have already noted that extra bureaucracy due to hit our businesses trading with the EU at the end of January will force prices up.
