UK, EU hail new partnership deal
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With a war in Ukraine and the U.S. rethinking alliances, Britain and the European Union may need each other more than they thought. Here's what happened at Monday's summit — and what didn't.
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Britain and the EU will ink a new security and trade deal allowing access to European security databases, defense contracts and the EU food market in return for some youth free-movement and rights to fish British waters.
And one visible impact of Brexit will disappear: Britons will now be able to use e-gates at European airports when they travel on vacation, joining EU passport-holders in the streamlined queues.
Originally, the post- Brexit fishing deal allowed the EU a further five years of access to British waters, yet this was due to expire next year. On Monday, Sir Keir held a Brexit summit with EU leaders where this was extended for an additional 12 years.
Traders in the North have been struggling with ‘Alice in Wonderful’ bureaucracy on customs and regulatory form filing and hope Monday’s deal will herald positive change
It comes after the UK and the EU reached a new agreement setting out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, trade and defence. Newton Abbot's Westaway Sausages boss, Charles Baughan, said his export business halved after Brexit, with a typical consignment requiring 14 pages of paperwork and 49 signatures.