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What are Australian-style and Canadian-style Brexit trade deals?

  • Written by David Collins, Professor of International Economic Law, City, University of London

Negotiations for a post-Brexit trade deal between the European Union and the UK have been ongoing since March. Both have until the end of the Brexit transition period – December 31 – to strike a free trade deal. If no agreement is reached, the UK-EU trading partnership will be governed by World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

The WTO...