Hard Brexit threat to EU jobs

If the UK leaves the EU without an agreement on international trade – a “hard Brexit” – more than 435,000 jobs will be affected across the bloc, according to the Halle Institute for Economic Research
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Jobs threatened (assuming 25% reduction in UK imports from EU) 
Germany Includes 15,000 in auto industry     102,900
France      49,800
Poland      46,500
Italy       46,200
Spain       31,100
Netherlands 25,200
Ireland     19,800
Belgium     16,200 
Czech Rep.  15,600 
Romania     14,300
Hungary      9,700
Portugal     9,200
Sweden       7,300
Slovakia     7,200   
Denmark      6,300
Austria      5,900
Bulgaria     5,100
Malta        3,200
Greece       2,600
Finland      2,300
Croatia      2,200
Lithuania    2,200
Slovenia     1,300
Latvia       1,100 
Cyprus         900 
Lux.           900 
Estonia        700

€388.2bn  UK imports from EU (2017) 


435,700  Potential  job losses in EU 
   
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