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as much access as may be possible for ter, the UK will be confronted with the
its goods and services to the EU, the UK
under the Conservatives is concurrently Defying pre-election
determined to leave the customs union surveys and
and single market along with terminat-
ing the overall jurisdiction of the Euro- predictions, some of
pean Court of Justice (ECJ). which had even gone to
However, this is seemingly a protract-
ed process and EU can take longer time the extent of predicting
than the UK expects in agreeing to a for- his being tossed out of
mal negotiation because all 27 remaining
EU member states and the European office, Boris Johnson
Parliament have to be in agreement. This has catapulted his
leads to the surmise that no formal talks
in this regard can be expected before party at the helm
March 2020. with a thumping
Besides, these negotiations are subject
to reach a final agreement by the end majority. Electoral
of June 2020. According to experts, this
is the crucial point at which the UK has drubbing faced by the
to make up its mind whether or not to Labour Party that has
extend the transition period.
Given the fact that the British premier won 203 seats has
has ruled out any form of extension, and brought its leadership
in that case if no trade deal is hammered
out by the end of June 2020; thereaf- under political eclipse
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prospect of leaving the EU without one
by December-end 2020. Even in the
eventuality of an agreement having
been reached, as some critics point out,
such an agreement requires ratification
before its coming into force and that is
a time-consuming process spanning
over several months. While disinclined
to subscribe to the argument of premier
Boris Johnson that alignment of the UK
to EU rules should make the negotiations
straightforward, critics point out that the
UK desire of having the freedom of de-
viating from EU rules to enter into deals
with other countries, entails the likeli-
hood of making negotiations with the EU
more complicated. Apart from sorting
out the mechanism of trade deal, the UK
is also required to work out its strategy of
cooperating with the EU on security, law
enforcement and other deals in number
of areas wherein cooperation is called
for. In other words, Brexit is going to be a
tough test for Boris Johnson government
in weeks to come.