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MAIDSTONE, England, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris
Johnson said on Friday that Britain would have enough time to
strike an agreement with the European Union about future trade
ties, and reach similar deals with other countries, after its
scheduled departure from the EU on Jan. 31.
"We have ample time to get on and build a new free trade
partnership, not just with the EU but with countries around the
world," Johnson said in a BBC television debate with opposition
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ahead of a Dec. 12 election.
Corbyn said Johnson's plan to negotiate a trade deal with
the United States would take seven years.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan,
Writing by William Schomberg, Editing by Paul Sandle)