So if that’s the case, why didn’t Johnson go for no deal? Did he miss the points you have made or did he consider them and conclude differently - ie that “no deal” was an unacceptable cost? With his majority in parliament and a ruthless purge of the few EU sympathetic conservative MPs, he could do anything he pleased.…all no deal would have done was even up the trade between the two in regards to imports. the UK was always going to have to import into the country irrespective of point of origin, The EU was fearful of this as it would quite possible put EU products at a disadvantage compared to the price advantage from other third nations, you only have to look at the trade imbalance between the UK/EU. I think trade negotiations with other nations would have been handled a lot faster and with no deal the US would have been in a better position than the EU to take advantage
I think the reality is that the UK government is unlikely to countenance ripping up the treaty that it has just signed with the EU (let’s not forget the glowing terms in which the deal was praised by Frost and Johnson). Triggering article 16 on the other hand is a stronger possibility.
Let’s see.