​This study provides an independent analysis of the potential benefits of, and barriers to, increased trade between Jersey and France.

The study examines the public policy implications of what increased trade with France might mean and answers the following questions:

• are there significant economic advantages to Jersey as a whole from increasing trade with France?
• if there were, are there reasons or evidence to suggest that the market would not automatically respond to reap these advantages?

The study has been undertaken using theoretical analysis, modelling and interviews in Jersey, the UK and France. Central to the study has been an examination of the interaction between trading patterns, the freight ferry network and the overall benefit to the Island’s economy.