Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, said that he secured the best agreement on Brexit. However, the deal he collides with the EU would erect substantial trade barriers for business firms operating in the UK, reduce development, and leave the country poorer. The agreement must need to approve by the parliament of the United Kingdom, which will arrange Saturday for a special session. Johnson must win over lawmakers to secure its passage, and these lawmakers voted three times against a former Brexit agreement negotiated by Theresa May, his predecessor.

Johnson will fight to make the case that his Brexit deal is better than May’s when it arises to the United Kingdom’s economy. Her accord would keep the UK in close alignment with the EU, instead it leaving the alliance’s unified market & customs union. Johnson unrestrained that goal, and despite wishes Britain to have more control over its regulations and worldwide trade policy at the cost of easy access to the European Union market of around 450 million people. A senior fellow at the United Kingdom in a Changing Europe, a think tank, and a professor at King’s College, London, Jonathan Portes said that flexibility comes at a cost.

Comparison between May and Johnson’s Deal

According to the fact, economically, there is zero doubt that the advantages of being in the European Union customs union outweigh any potential free trade agreements with another country.  Whereas the deal of Johnson might better for the UK economy than crashing out of the EU without arrangements to secure trade, Britain faces a future where several decades benefits of integration with the EU unwounded. European Union membership helped the United Kingdom to attract scores of international companies, including Japanese car manufactures and the most prominent American banks, who used the state as their base in Europe. Around 46% of the United Kingdom’s exports shipped to European markets.

On Approval Johnson’s Deal Impose heavy Custom Checks on Approval

The way the economy of Britain works would change expressively if the deal of Johnson approved. On a practical note, his agreement would affect the outcome as new barriers, including heavy custom checks at the border with the European Union. Moreover, if the UK picks to diverge from the regulations of the European Union, possibly so, it can make trade deals with the U.S. and other countries. In other words, producers in the UK have to make two kinds of every product; otherwise, they lose European customers. The United Kingdom’s services sector that accounts for eighty percent of the United Kingdom’s economy, might also face new barriers. Furthermore, banks previously moved their noticeable activities from London to European Union cities.

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The Confederation of British Industry stated that the frictionless European Union trade and regulatory alignment has a vigorous role in the prosperity and jobs of the United Kingdom. They added, the agreement is short on services and that major question arises that whether a free trade agreement of sufficient depth might negotiate with the European Union before transitional arrangements expire. The Brexit deal of Johnson would mean important economic pain. An analysis of his approach shared recently by the United Kingdom in a Changing Europe, initiate that new barriers of trade would national income per single person by the rate of 2.5% after ten years, compared to others in the EU In simple words, lost production of $1,030 (£800) for every citizen of UK, above two times estimated hit under May’s deal plan.

Effect of Johnson’s deal on national income per person

Factor in ten percent trade reduction and productivity losses because of new barriers, and the outlook is even extra dire. According to the analysis, the rate of national income per person increases to 6.4% under the deal of Johnson, or in other words, $2,575 (£2,000) per person with the comparison of 4.9% May’s agreement.

The reaction of Business Groups on Johnson’s Deal

On Thursday, the business groups also reacted to the deal of Johnson with caution. The director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce, Adam Marshall, stated that businesses want a chance to evaluate precisely what the terms of Johnson’s agreement would mean for all aspects of their operations. He added, let’s not forget, we have been here before. There is still a long path to go before businesses can plan confidentially for the future. Over three years of ambiguity regarding future trade policy caused several companies of the United Kingdom to put investment on hold and resolving the question about might produce some rapid economic relief. Capital Economics tells that a rush in investment as delayed projects revived would help lift growth rate next year by 0.5% to 1.5%.

However, the structural changes caused by Johnson’s deal to the economy of the United Kingdom would diminish the economic prospects of the country over the longer run. In late 2018, the government of the United Kingdom demonstrated a range of Brexit scenarios, each of which presented the economy of the UK would worse off outside the EU The Treasury Select Committee of the United Kingdom’s Parliament repeated a request on Friday to the government that it delivers an updated estimate of the Brexit’s economic consequences in front of lawmakers vote on Johnson’s deal.

The interim chair of the committee, Catherine McKinnell said in a letter to the chief of UK Treasury Sajid Javid that a request sends three months ago but still not answered. Hilary Benn, a member of the opposition Labour Party, said that the present deal would result more worsen for the United Kingdom’s economy than May’s deal because it is not in favor of the investment, economy, jobs, as well as for the future of our communities.