Thread by @alexebarker

The leaked Brexit declaration

The summary of the trade relationship

Not frictionless but as close as possible

"a view to facilitating movement of goods"...again, not exactly frictionless

Customs -- not quite the FCA, but nods to it. We'll look at ambitious arrangements that are proven to work, including recovery of duties

Max fac.

Some clever drafting here. The UK can maintain its ambitions without the EU explicitly giving ground on its principles or laws or practices.

"A spectrum of different outcomes"

Financial services. No promises to improve, broaden or make the EU equivalence regime more predictable.

But both sides will aim to do assessments by 2020.

Wonderful par on mobility of workers in service sectors.

Almost as if one side doesn't want to be clear about it.

Some important omissions on aviation.

No indication of what levels of access to expect from an EU-UK aviation agreement

No mention of ownership rules (a problem for IAG in particular)

But mention of competition rules important -- that's the condition of a close relationship

Looks like a stalemate on fishing rights -- some EU member states would have hoped for more

The EU did win a bit more on the level playing field though.

This implies the backstop pledges made on environment/taxation etc are a starting point. It could be more restrictive if the future relationship is close

Think this is it on Galileo.

Association agreement. Calling @AndrewDuffEU

Governance arrangements are very similar to the withdrawal agreement.

There is an arbitration panel -- but matters of EU law are left to the ECJ to interpret

No commitment from the EU to have a negotiating mandate ready by April 1.

But both sides promise to move as fast as possible.

And NI and the backstop is made an early priority.