The contribution in this volume formed a comprehensive account of the proposals for freeports in the United Kingdom

The idea of freeports is a bold one: cordoning off a piece of land with a perimeter fence and treating it as if it were a foreign country for customs purposes.

This paper looked at the nature of freeports around the world and attempts to discover which ones work, and why. The specific proposals ventures in Britain are described and reviewed.

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