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PM Johnson: UK Should Get Ready For WTO Terms After Brexit Transition Period

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Wires reporting PM Boris Johnson saying that the UK should get ready for an Australia-style deal (essentially a no-deal WTO terms deal) with the EU from 2021 onwards.

  • Says we have only 10 weeks left, and he has to make a judgement, and that the UK should get ready for a no-deal style exit in Jan
  • Says it is clear from the EU summit that the EU is not willing to offer the UK the same terms as Canada
  • Says the UK will 'prosper mightily'
  • 'EU summit suggests that a Canada-style deal won't work for the EU'
  • 'The EU abandoned the idea of a free trade deal'
  • 'Unless the EU makes a fundamental change of approach we will go for a no-deal'

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