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Freeports (otherwise known as free-trade zones, or FTZs) are “not a magic wand for reviving struggling regions”, despite claims made by the UK’s international trade secretary Liz Truss.

Shortly following her appointment, Ms Truss claimed FTZs would transform towns and cities across the UK, but senior ...

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