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Britain and the EU sealed a post-Brexit trade agreement on Christmas Eve, after nine months of fraught negotiations. Despite Downing Street calling a mutual compromise, it does seem Prime Minister Boris Johnson capitulated on one of the most contentious areas of the talks: fishing rights. The UK wanted any fishing agreement to be separate from the trade deal with access negotiated annually in a similar fashion to Iceland s agreement with the bloc.