… economic agreement by the end of 2020 – i.e., in only 21 months. It took the EU and Canada more than five years, … that the backstop would come into play on Jan. 1, 2021, after the agreed transition period ends, and remain in … no-deal, no-transition exit would cause the GDP to be 8 to 10 percent lower by the end of 2023 than the projected GDP …