UK, EU Strike Deal on Post-Brexit Trade

UK, EU Strike Deal on Post-Brexit Trade
Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a press conference on reaching a Brexit trade deal in Downing Street, in London, on Dec. 24, 2020. Paul Grover - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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The UK and the European Union have clinched a deal on post-Brexit trade relations, just seven days before the Brexit transition period is set to end on Dec. 31.

“The deal is done,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter shortly after 3 p.m. GMT.