Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year’s chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. In the address above prime minister Johnson called it a “Canada-style” trade deal. There seems much concern about the limited nature of the agreement but with barely a week until the UK’s final split from the EU, the British government said the “deal is done.” The immediate benefit of any deal is that it will avoid chaos at ports and border points after New Year’s. CBC
