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Philip Hammond will address the Conservative Party conference later
Boris Johnson is a "great man of the picture", but Brexit does not need "radical statements," said Philip Hammond.
The Chancellor told the BBC that a "meticulous attention" to the details was needed in the EU discussions which, he suggested, were not the strength of the old Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Johnson reiterated his attack on the government's negotiating strategy, calling his proposals "disturbed".
But Mr Hammond predicted that there would be a boost to the British economy if and when a Brexit deal was agreed.
Speaking in BBC Radio 4's Today program before his speech at the Conservative Conference in Birmingham, the Chancellor defended the blueprint for future relations with the EU agreed in July at Checkers, and said that the government "made every effort to reach agreement on this basis". .
He said that once the Prime Minister reaches an agreement, the economy would benefit because the companies "were waiting to see in which direction the future".
He also rejected the type of trade agreement suggested by Mr. Johnson and other Brexiteers – an improved version of the trade agreement between the EU and Canada – asserting that the position of the EU at the Irish border meant that it would "divide" the UK.
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Mr. Hammond stated that he did not want to talk about Mr. Johnson and "get into the lives of personalities."
But questioned about his interview with the Daily Mail, in which he would have imitated the former Foreign Secretary and said that the former head of the holiday campaign had "never been a retail man, "he said," we are all different politically.
"Boris Johnson is a great image man, a great figure on the political scene, but it is a very detailed and complex negotiation.
"This does not require radical statements, it requires meticulous attention to the trading strategy.
"Hundreds of officials work around the clock to negotiate this package with the European Union and this requires such a level of attention to detail."
The Chancellor also said he would release more details on proposed tax increases to fund the NHS's additional spending in the budget, to be held on 29 October.
"Serious threat"
Later, in his speech, he should defend the companies and urge the party to defend "21st century capitalism".
It will announce more money for apprenticeships and affirm that businesses are "a force for the good of our society" and "an essential expression of our values", while tensions between party elements and business groups continue.
On Saturday, the former Brexit Minister, Steve Baker, attacked the Confederation of British Industries – which warned against the UK's exit prospects from the EU without an agreement – calling it "serious threat to the political stability and economic prospects of the United Kingdom ".
IWC Executive Director Carolyn Fairbairn responded by saying that they represented 190,000 businesses and warned that "pulling the messenger is not doing anything to the country".
On the main stage of the Conservative conference, businessman Lord Digby Jones – who was part of the Leave campaign and a former IWC leader – said that Johnson used the right word in reference to concerns companies. has shown it to be irrelevant and offensive that it is really ".
Meanwhile, Michael Spencer, the city's great founder, told Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC's editor-in-chief, that the party had "lost its way" and that the prime minister had "let go".
