EU officials formally sign post-Brexit trade deal with UK

EU officials formally sign post-Brexit trade deal with UK

The documents will now be flown across the Channel to London in a RAF plane for British Prime minister Boris Johnson to sign them







AP

, Wednesday 30 Dec 2020







European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Council President Charles Michel show signed EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP)













The European Union's top officials on Wednesday formally signed the long fought-over post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel put pen to paper during a brief signature ceremony in Brussels. The documents will now be flown across the Channel to London in a RAF plane for British Prime minister Boris Johnson to sign them.

``The agreement that we signed today is the result of months of intense negotiations in which the European Union has displayed an unprecedented level of unity,'' Michel said. ``It is a fair and balanced agreement that fully protects the fundamental interests of the European Union and creates stability and predictability for citizens and companies''.

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