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Inside the Brexit deal: the agreement and the aftermath
Inside the Brexit deal: the agreement and the aftermath
As businesses adapt to the UK’s new trade deal with the EU, negotiators on both sides reveal what really happened
World Economy News
22 Jan 2021
• 18 min read
The Brexit denouement had finally arrived. As the year drew to a close, Boris Johnson stood triumphant in the House of Commons and proclaimed the rebirth of Britain as “an independent nation” on the brink of a free-trading future.
“We are going to open a new chapter in our national story,” he declared on December 30, as MPs approved his EU trade deal, secured on Christmas Eve after months of painful negotiations with Brussels.