The British Prime Minister, the conservative Boris Johnson, promised on Friday to advance in 2022 "faster and faster" for "maximize opportunities" Brexit, when January 1 marks one year after the entry into force of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU). This message, collected in a statement issued to commemorate the anniversary, coincides with the application from Saturday of new border controls between this country and the EU, which had been postponed to facilitate the adaptation of companies. Johnson assures that the signing on December 30, 2020 of the "world’s largest free trade agreement with no quotas or tariffs" is "just the beginning" of what the British Government plans to do to take advantage of "the potential" that offers the British exit from the European bloc.
"We have replaced free movement with a dotted immigration system. Last year we introduced the fastest vaccination program in Europe by avoiding slow community processes", list the leader "tory".
"And from Singapore to Switzerland, we have negotiated ambitious trade agreements that will promote employment and investment at home.", he maintains. Johnson emphasizes that "the task is not over" and says that "you have to keep the momentum", so that during 2022 his Government "will go further and faster" to fulfill the Brexit promise and "harness the enormous potential" that offers the "new freedoms acquired". As of January 1, the United Kingdom will withdraw the grace period in which it allowed to delay customs declarations and tariff payments on European imports to Great Britain, which must be executed immediately from now on. Another series of controls, especially on products of animal and plant origin, will be introduced gradually throughout 2022, which could lead to more delays at customs.
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