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Breakthrough: UK and EU Reach Post-Brexit Trade Agreement Just a week before the deadline, Britain and the European Union struck a free-trade deal Thursday that should avert economic chaos on New Year’s and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. Once ratified by both sides, the agreement will ensure Britain and the 27-nation bloc can continue to trade in goods without tariffs or quotas after the U.K. breaks fully free of the EU on Jan. 1. https://apnews.com/article/brexit-europe-global-trade-coronavirus-pandemic-ursula-von-der-leyen-e4fd21be6500c709caee8b376c3c3d00