b'To repeat a graph (table 33) shown earlier: Table 33The fall in global tariffs since 1990 90807060 Rate (%) 50 ari 40T30201001990 2000 20082009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016IndiaBrazil Russian FederationChina United Kingdom Source: World BankNow, just 7% of the UKs imports fromGlobally, there has been an encouraging drop countries outside the EU bear any tariffsin the use of tariffs. This indicates that the at all. As a proportion of their value, thatworld is gravitating more and more to the free represents on average less than one-half oftrade environment in which an independent 1%.17 UK would thrive outside the EU. Outside the EU, the UK would beLow tariffs are not a consequence of the competitively placed to export manufacturedUKs EU membership, but very much a goods (and services) to the EU andfunction of the long-term stance and impact elsewhere, without being obliged to imposeof the WTO.high tariffs on agricultural goods, much of which come from the developing world. 165'