Britain's long and sometimes acrimonious divorce from the European Union ended Thursday with an economic split that leaves the EU smaller and the U.K. freer but more isolated in a turbulent world. WATCH | U.K. reaches post-Brexit trade deal with EU:U.K. reaches post-Brexit trade deal with EU The National Video 2:08 The U.K. has reached a provisional trade deal with the EU more than four years after the Brexit vote. Traders are struggling to digest the new rules imposed by a 1,200-page trade deal that was agreed to just a week before the split. "This choice of leaving Europe, this Brexit, was the child of European malaise and lots of lies and false promises." In Scotland, which voted strongly in 2016 to remain, Brexit has bolstered support for separation from the U.K.

Source: CBC News December 31, 2020 23:24 UTC