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EU charts path for 'challenging' post-Brexit UK deal
Agreeing and ratifying a post-Brexit relationship bi-lateral trade agreement by the end of 2020 "will be immensely challenging, but we will give it our all, even if we won't be able to achieve everything," Barnier, wrote in a weekend online commentary for the Project Syndicate magazine website. The two sides will have just 11 months [?!] to settle that agreement following Britain's formal departure from the EU on 31 January.
de jure UK ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement implied. Why? Second reading of the Second EUWA 2019 a/o 20 Dec. Parliament's approval of the WA is literally baked into passage of "enabling" bill, obviating sec. 13 debate and MP vote on the treaty.

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The new EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: What's changed?
out: Three clauses and one Schedule
in: five clauses
Withdrawal Agreement Bill: Ratifying the Withdrawal Agreement
repeals CRAG,Part 2, requirements


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Dec 24th, 2019 at 11:21:22 PM EST
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[Barnier]: No-deal is more harmful for Britain than EU, brakes on the bullshit
"state aid rules in any future trade deal would be more stringent than with nations like Canada or Japan, simply because of the physical proximity of the departing EU nation."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Jan 9th, 2020 at 02:44:17 PM EST
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UK lawmakers back EU exit deal, turning page on Brexit crisis
They voted 330 to 231 in favor of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which implements an exit deal approves the Withdrawal Agreement agreed with the EU last year.
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The legislation now heads to parliament's upper chamber and is expected to become law in the coming weeks, leaving enough time to allow Britain to leave at the end of the month with a deal to minimize economic disruption.

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European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, 106 pp

by Cat on Fri Jan 10th, 2020 at 03:49:41 AM EST
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