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Thread: The UK Parliament is set to approve Boris Johnson's #Brexit deal in one hour.
It was thought Johnson's large majority in #GeneralElection2019 could allow him to defy the hardline ERG faction and be more flexible for an EU free trade deal.
But the opposite is happening.
It was thought Johnson's large majority in #GeneralElection2019 could allow him to defy the hardline ERG faction and be more flexible for an EU free trade deal.
But the opposite is happening.
Johnson is still promising “no quotas, no tariffs, no dumping”.
But the bill the parliament is about to approve, which rules out extending negotiations past end 2020, means an FTA with no tariffs now impossible.
A full FTA cannot be negotiated in 11 months.
But the bill the parliament is about to approve, which rules out extending negotiations past end 2020, means an FTA with no tariffs now impossible.
A full FTA cannot be negotiated in 11 months.
Brussels is responding by recalibrating its post-Brexit expectations, according to sources.
The landing zone is now expected to be a minor partnership, nothing like the Canada-style FTA promised.
Come 2021, Canada will have less tariffs on trade with the the EU than the UK.
The landing zone is now expected to be a minor partnership, nothing like the Canada-style FTA promised.
Come 2021, Canada will have less tariffs on trade with the the EU than the UK.
