Saturday, December 26, 2020

Brexit agreement negotiated

Britain and the EU have agreed on a final exist deal.

Deutsche Welle has an early explainer here, Brexit going forward: Who are the winners and losers? 12/25/2020


Short version: the tiny fishing industry that accounts for about 0.1% of the British economy is happy. Exporters are generally not. People in Northern Ireland and Scotland are assessing their options.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson not surprisingly thinks he did an awesome job on the negotiations, Brexit deal: Boris Johnson announces UK and EU trade deal BBC News 12/24/2020:



The Irish Times gives an early rundown on the main features of the deal: Devil in the detail: Here’s the main elements of UK-EU Brexit deal 12/24/2020.

Libby Brooks looks at some of the implication for Scotland, Now Brexit is sealed, Scotland plunges into battle for the narrative Guardian 12/25/2020: "Since then the increase in support for independence has occurred among remain and leave voters, as a surge this year saw independence support reaching as high as 58% in the polls, attributed in part to the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon’s impressive management of the pandemic."

Andrew Woodcock notes, "By striking a deal, the two sides avoid having to switch onto World Trade Organisation terms on 1 January, which would have required tariffs on imports and exports ranging from 10 per cent on cars to 40-80 per cent on meat products and an average 18 per cent on foodstuffs." (Brexit: What is in Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal? Independent 12/24/2020)

Martin Kettle assesses the deal in Boris Johnson has 'got Brexit done'. With a deal that will please no one Guardian 12/24/2020: "Leaving the EU was an emotionally charged political proposition, not an economic one. It was a desire rooted in a vision of British sovereignty richly marinaded in a heady mix of nostalgia and bogus victimhood, fanned by Britain’s media, and which made the enormous error of confusing sovereignty with power."

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