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UK and EU sign new trade, fishing and defence deal – what do economists think?

Written by Maria Garcia, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath

The UK and EU have announced a range of historic and wide-ranging new agreements touching on trade, defence and borders.

Since the 2016 Brexit vote, COVID and conflict have changed the global economic landscape dramatically – with consumers feeling the effects every day. So the time could be ripe for a “reset” of relations between...

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