‘We have taken back control’ after securing UK-EU trade deal: UK PM

London, Dec 25 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Britain and the European Union (EU) have reached a deal on their post-Brexit trade relations, saying that “we have taken back control”.
“We have taken back control of every jot and tittle of our regulation in a way that is complete and unfettered,” Johnson said during a virtual press conference at Downing Street on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported.
By the new deal, reached after nine months of hard negotiations between London and Brussels, Britain has “taken back control of our laws and our destiny,” he said, adding that his country has also taken back control of money, borders and fishing waters.
The deal is a comprehensive Canada-style deal, the prime minister said, adding that it will protect jobs across Britain.
Britain has insisted that it wants a Canada-style relationship with the EU based on a comprehensive free trade agreement, supplemented by separate international agreements.
He noted that the deal offers a “new stability and certainty” for Britain’s relationship with the EU, which he said sometimes has been “fractious”.