Brexit and its Effect on UK’s Supply Chain
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Brexit and its Effect on UK’s Supply Chain
Introduction
Overview of research
The current research will focus on the United Kingdom decision to leave the European Union and its impact on supplies in the country. Brexit represents an unforeseen and unique event of EU practice (Stevović, 2018). There are expected economic changes due to Brexit. Currently, most public and political debates concern the supply chain, trade as well as economic effects of Brexit (Reuvid, 2017). Different literature offers diverse theories and points of view on the possible impacts (Kotios and Alan, 2017). Hence, it shows that it is a complicated system with different decision pathways. Global trade has been a huge part on United Kingdom’s economic welfare. Therefore, Brexit is expected to make various unanticipated changes.
Identification of topic area, definitions, and rationale for research
The paper focuses on the effect of Brexit on UK supply chain. It will include focus on UK and International trade so as to have a better overview of the supply chain. The UK’s economic welfare is linked to the international trade (Bratton and Gold, 2017). The country is considered as a trading nation and its economy highly dependent on trade. It accounts for 60% of the country’s GDP (Kotios and Alan, 2017). EU-UK transactions account for the largest percentage as the value if imports is about GBP 291 billion and GBP 222 billion value exports. After leaving the EU, United Kingdom trade will be under WTO rules. It is stated in principle by two multilateral treaties they include GATT and GATS.
Research rationale
Currently, there is widespread of debate concerning the effect of Brexit on UK’s economy. Various people have conflicting opinions concerning the changes that will take place. Also, different academic literature offers conflicting opinions concerning the effect of Brexit on the country’s economy (Kotios and Alan, 2017). The current research will help in understanding the effect of Brexit on the supply chain. The country’s trade is highly linked with the EU compared to other parts of the world. The EU accounts for about 70% of global supply chain in sectors such as food and beverages (Stojanovic and Jill, 2017). The UK membership of the EU has helped in the integration. It enables the shipment of exports between Europe and Britain with little disruptions. It has caused efficiency as well as interdependence. Leaving the EU may affect the supply chains that are based on tariff-free access and lack of border checks. Brexit brings about challenges to the supply chain. Therefore, the paper will look at the challenges brought about by Brexit to the supply chain. It will weigh down to understand if the UK is making a good decision leaving the European Union.
Aims
The research paper aims to assess in detail the likely effects on Brexit on the UK’s supply chain.
Objectives
- It will help in understanding the Brexit in a detailed manner including its influences
- Also, it will help in understanding the role of Brexit in shaping the United Kingdom regional behavior which is mainly carried out by international value-Chain
- Another objective is to understand the UK supply Chain before Brexit.
- Another objective is to understand the United Kingdom economy before Brexit
- To understand the challenges that are expected after Brexit
- Another objective is to understand Supply Chain in the European Union
Literature
Kotios and Alan (2017) maintain that the United Kingdom withdrawal from the EU is anticipated to be a huge political and economic event with indefinite results. People have conflicting opinions concerning its effects, some argue that it is a good decision for the UK economy (Martill and Staiger, 2018). They maintain that it is going to experience fast growth and develop into new markets. However, others maintain that it is not a good idea. Tetlow and Stojanovic (2018) maintain that Brexit is a huge transformation to the country’s economic link with the European Union. They continue to argue that the Treasury assumed that the effect outlook of leaving the EU and indecision on the outcome would lead to cut back from households and businesses (Whyman and Petrescu, 2017).
Also, Benton et al. (2019) argue that Brexit would have impact on the food industry. They argue that although in 2016 52% of unprocessed products in the UK were produced locally, the recent outcomes show that more than two-thirds of the country’s food are imported. Food products that are imported outside the EU are linked to lower environmental performance and lower quality. However, EU offers good deals for food products apart from milk and dairy products (Kowalski, 2018). The Brexit deal is also expected to affect the UK export. Stevović (2018) maintains that many EU-27 countries import their products and services from the UK. They do this at about 1% of their GDP. Nevertheless, the EU-27-member states that include Ireland, Netherlands and Malta register high imports of about 9% of their GDP.
Methodology
The research will utilize both primary and secondary data. The secondary data that will be used in the research include books and journals articles related to the research topic. Some of the factors that will be considered when doing research is the use of recent academic literature. The journal articles need to be peer-reviewed. It will ensure that data is collected from credible sources. Also, using secondary data will help in comparing previous research and understand areas that need to be improved.
Primary data will also be used in the current research. It will enable the research to get opinion from different individuals concerning Brexit and its effects on UK supplies. Primary data is important as it allows the research to have first-hand information on issues pertaining Brexit.
The participants will include both employed and unemployed individuals. The will be required to answer different questions on Brexit and its impact on supplies in the country. The population will include both men and women from different parts in the United Kingdom. It will include 200 participants. The participants will be informed on the importance of the research and they will have to sign a consent form. They will be offered questionnaire whereby, they will need to answer close-ended questions. After the data is collected it will be assessed and compared with information from books and journal articles. The outcomes of the research will be recorded as well as recommendations for future research.
| Research Methods | |
| Primary sources | 200 employed and unemployed participants |
| Secondary sources | Books, journals, peer-reviewed articles |
References
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Stojanovic, Alex, and Jill Rutter. ( 2017). Frictionless Trade? What Brexit Means for Cross
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