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Boris Johnson's trade deal will look like 'clean no deal Brexit' on Jan 1
Sam Lowe, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think tank, said: “From a business preparedness point of view, for many companies, there is little difference between preparing to exit the transition period with or without a free-trade agreement in place.”