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Brexit trade deal: What were the big themes in the talks?
A deal has been done but we have yet to see the detail. The rules that will govern how the UK and EU trade with each other in the future - and so much more - will be outlined in hundreds of pages of dense legal text. It will be scrutinised to see who has given ground and in what areas. We don't have the answers yet, but we do know that - despite the deal - lots of things are going to change anyway. 1. More barriers, more red tape A new era begins on 1 January 2021, ending the relationship which has existed between the UK and the EU for nearly fifty years. In general, there will be more barriers between them. The UK ... (full story)