EU unanimously gives green light to post-Brexit trade deal

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European Union nations unanimously approve the post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom, a prerequisite for the agreement to come into operation on New Year's Day.

European Union nations have unanimously approved the post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom, a prerequisite for the agreement to come into operation on New Year's Day.The UK's House of Commons is expected to approve the deal on WednesdayGermany, which holds the EU presidency, said the decision came during a meeting of EU ambassadors to assess"Ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement as of January 1, 2021.

Businesses were scrambling on Monday to digest the details and implications of the 1,240-page deal sealed by the EU and the UK on Christmas Eve. That should help protect the 660 billion pounds in annual trade between the two sides, and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that rely on it. "I'm sure there will be bumpy moments but we are there in order to try to do everything we can to smooth the path," he told the BBC.

because of a highly transmissible new variant of the coronavirus sweeping through London and southern England.

 

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This is a giveaway sign that Boris has stuffed it up again.

Covid worked in Britain’s favour because every country’s economy is fucked. Trade deals must be made to help repair economies. I think the EU were prepared to be much less conciliatory pre covid.

bollocks to the EU and the ABC

Great. Let's move on ...................................again.🙄

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