London, Dec 26 (AFP/APP): Britain and the European Union on Saturday published the full text of the post-Brexit trade agreement aimed at governing their relationship when the UK definitively leaves the bloc’s single market in just five days’ time. The document, which is more than 1,200 pages long, lays out detail on trade, law enforcement and dispute settlement among other arrangements between Britain and the EU after the UK leaves the single market and customs union on 31 December. In the foreword to the copy of the text published by the UK government, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the agreement had been “carefully judged to benefit everyone” and preserve “free trade for millions of people in the United Kingdom and across Europe”. “While we made our fair share of compromises during the negotiations, we never wavered from the goal of restoring national sovereignty,” he added. Senior UK government minister Michael Gove wrote in The Times newspaper that Thursday’s agreement would allow Britain to bring “innovation and investment to parts of the country that have endured economic decline”. He added there were still “significant changes” to be prepared for by businesses in the short term. To ratify the deal, Britain’s … Continue reading UK and EU Published The Post-Brexit deal