UK and China have much to gain in trade and investment: China Daily contributor

The Canary Wharf development project, heavily backed by Chinese investors, is currently on hold, a victim of geopolitical uncertainties.

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): On Christmas Eve, in a nail-biting finale, the United Kingdom announced that it had negotiated a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, which met most of its requirements.

Taking effect on Jan 1, upon the expiry of the UK’s 11-month transition period out of the EU’s institutional framework, it is worth 660 billion pounds a year, the biggest trade deal ever signed by either party.