"Boris Johnson has claimed his post-Brexit trade deal with the EU allows the UK to have its cake and eat it.
The prime minister refused to acknowledge it will mean new barriers to trade, in an interview BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
He conceded that there would be "changes" for business when the UK leaves EU trading rules on Thursday.
But he insisted the deal would allow the UK to "go our own way but also have free trade" with the EU.
Critics had said "you couldn't have free trade with the EU unless you conformed with the EU's laws", said the PM. and "that that was having your cake and eating it".
Post-Brexit trade: UK having its cake and eating it, says Boris Johnson - BBC News
The prime minister refused to acknowledge it will mean new barriers to trade, in an interview BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
He conceded that there would be "changes" for business when the UK leaves EU trading rules on Thursday.
But he insisted the deal would allow the UK to "go our own way but also have free trade" with the EU.
Critics had said "you couldn't have free trade with the EU unless you conformed with the EU's laws", said the PM. and "that that was having your cake and eating it".
Post-Brexit trade: UK having its cake and eating it, says Boris Johnson - BBC News
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