British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Britain had “taken back control” after it reached a deal on Thursday with the European Union on post-Brexit trade relations. The UK and the EU clinch a deal earlier Thursday, just seven days before the Brexit transition period is set to end on Dec. 31. “It is four and a half years since the British people voted to take back control of their money, their borders, their laws, and their waters, and to leave the European Union,” he said at a virtual press conference held in Downing Street. “I am very pleased to tell you this afternoon that we have completed the biggest trade deal yet, worth £660 billion a year, a comprehensive, Canada-style, free trade deal between the UK and the EU,” he said. He said the deal will “protect jobs across this country” and allow British goods to be sold “without …