One annex revealed a late compromise on electric cars, the BBC reported. The EU had sought to offer tariff-free access only to those British cars made mostly with European parts. That will now be phased in over six years, but is less generous than the UK had requested, the BBC said. There is a clear commitment not to lower standards on the environment, workers' rights and climate change from those that currently exist and mechanisms to enforce them, the BBC reported. (File pic - Britiah PM Boris Johnson - Reuters)
LONDON: The post-Brexit trade deal reached by the United Kingdom and the European Union goes beyond the EU's so-called "Canada-style" trade accord, the BBC said on Friday, citing what it said was a full copy of the accord.
The 1,246-page document includes about 800 pages of annexes and footnotes, the BBC said https://bbc.in/3nRtXls, adding that the pages of legal text will determine every aspect of trade between the UK and the EU.
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