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UK heading for 'fairly hard' Brexit if Johnson deal passes

Britain will be on course for more distant economic ties with the European Union, making the country poorer, if Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins parliamentary backing for the Brexit deal he clinched with Brussels on Thursday.

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October 18, 2019

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Compared with the deal his predecessor Theresa May reached last year - which parliament rejected three times - Johnson’s deal aims for less regulatory alignment with the EU, and greater trade barriers between Britain and its largest trading partner.

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