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

Maria Garcia, University of Bath; Conor O’Kane, Bournemouth University; Kamran Mahroof, University of Bradford; Mausam Budhathoki, University of Stirling, and Phil Tomlinson, 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