Economics

Boris Johnson’s 570 Billion Reasons for Wanting an EU Trade Deal

  • Almost half of Britain’s total trade in goods is with the EU
  • Johnson races to plug shortfall created by leaving the bloc
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Brexit shattered 50 years of trade policy in Britain, divorcing the country from its single largest market. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now trying to glue the pieces back together.