You’re all going to be so disappointed when it becomes clear what has actually been agreed.
(Nothing, we’re not negotiating the substance of the future relationship now.)
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/m…
(Nothing, we’re not negotiating the substance of the future relationship now.)
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/m…
And EU has always said it is happy to deal with UK on basis of equivalence. Rest reads like UK talking its own book.
(You might remember this happened before when the EU was, according to sources, definitely going to accept mutual recognition of financial regulatory outcomes. Definitely.)
I should say, on services generally, what the UK has laid out in the Chequers white paper is a pretty solid basis for discussion, and the EU would be happy to use as basis for negotiations.
In practice it would still, as acknowledged by the UK, lead to pretty big new barriers.
In practice it would still, as acknowledged by the UK, lead to pretty big new barriers.
EU probably agreed to acknowlede UK services proposal as a basis for discussion. UK now briefing it as a massive win for headlines and further cover for backstop. All makes sense. But still frustrating ...
An addendum.
