Exports key for UK competitiveness

CHANCELLOR George Osborne today announced targets to double the UK's exports over the next decade.

Mr Osborne said he was committed to ensuring the UK did not fall further behind the fast emerging markets of the Far East and Latin America.

He said the UK had to increase the level of business it did with the so-called BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – which is currently less than the total for Ireland.

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