U.K.'s Brexit deal estimated to cost almost US$100 billion

LONDON -- A respected British think-tank has slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, concluding that the economy would be 3.5% smaller compared with staying in the European Union. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research study released Wednesday says the agreement would deliver a 70 billion-pound (US$90 billion) blow to the UK. The researchers based their prediction on the assumption that the U.K. would leave the bloc with a free trade agreement with the EU after a tran