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Spoke at the MEDEF business leaders’ conference in Paris this afternoon. I urged 🇫🇷 to improve its offer to 🇬🇧 nationals to one that matches ours including no fees for residency and certainty on healthcare. /1 
We need certainty for businesses too. Business visitors from EU make an invaluable contribution to our economy - nothing will change for their short trips to the UK. 🇬🇧&🇪🇺 understand & agree that our wealth creators need to be able to move freely between our territories. /2
UK will control access to our waters if we leave without a deal. 40% of fish landed in Boulogne by French vessels is caught in UK waters. 80k tonnes a year of our salmon, scallops and other seafood products are destined for French tables. Deal is clearly in both our interests./3
The car industry’s ‘just in time’ supply chains rely on fluid cross-Channel trade routes. >1,100 trucks filled with car parts cross seamlessly from EU into UK each day. We need to start talks now on how we make sure this flow continues if we leave without a deal. /4
But we are focussed on deal because we know businesses across Europe want an end to the uncertainty and to have the confidence to take advantage of the huge opportunities that trading with the UK presents./5
