British businesses say new Brexit deal worse than May's agreement
by Jasper Jolly from on (#4SRJ1)
Industry groups and firms say PM's deal will make exporting to their biggest market harder
British companies have expressed concerns that Boris Johnson's Brexit deal could leave industry worse off than under the previous agreement with the EU.
Businesses, investors and economists have been almost unanimously in favour of the UK securing a withdrawal deal with the EU to avoid a no-deal Brexit, and markets appeared to welcome a diminished risk of a chaotic break on 31 October, after the UK and the EU unveiled a revised deal on Thursday.
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