DD tells @iealondon the problem with Chequers is twofold - it concedes things the UK can't accept while also asking for things the EU can't offer 
.@ShankerASingham: We've done so much negotiating with ourselves that we've gone to Brussels with less than our bottom line, and they've just treated it as our opening offer
DD: The Whitehall view was that we had to commit in advance to match EU regulations, not just now but in the future
DD: There was undoubtedly a change of tenor on the Irish border when Leo Varadkar took over from Enda Kenny
DD: We don't need to monitor the 265 border crossings, there are 5 external points of entry into NI and we can confirm goods destinations there - it would be a criminal offence to lie
DD: The Irish border is fixable by practical approaches
DD: The EU is recognising that trying to force its solutions on the Irish border will break the whole deal - they are starting to look at what they used to call "magical thinking" but then proposed could work across the Irish Sea
DD: "Technical solutions" are not the same as "technological solutions"
SS: There is a very important change from the Commission - there is a recognition that these technical solutions can be used to protect the integrity of the single market and customs union
SS: The EU are starting to realise that if these solutions can work across the Irish Sea then they can also work across the land border
DD: There's a lengthy list of problems with a Norway transition period
SS: The Japanese have said very publicly they want the UK in the TPP. How are these countries going to react if the UK enters an EEA arrangement?
SS: Our allies are taking a hardline stance in the WTO because they don't think we are going to be able to liberalise in the future. If they think we can that will change
David Davis says it's fair to say that Theresa May has listened too much to the 'British corporate sector' in the negotiations
DD: Chile is the most successful country in the world at securing trade deals
DD asked what will happen next: "Terror will win - the fear of no deal"
DD: It may take a couple of passes but there will be a deal
Davis clarifies his comments: says he believes the PM will get a deal in Brussels but it will be voted down in the Commons if it's based on Chequers or keeps us in the Customs Union order-order.com/2018/10/31/dd-…
