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No suggestion of harmonious negotiations here. Though I don't recall the EU insisting on the US sharing their negotiating papers with Member States in TTIP talks. As I said before, US secrecy in those talks was a mistake like UK secrecy is now theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
I would love to see what the UK government thinks is their negotiating strategy with regard to EU Member States. As far as I can tell for three years it has been to alternately threaten them, then ask them to support us over the Commission. Now they want not to give them papers
Yes, Member States leak papers easily. Commission as negotiator generally less so. But to be honest if you're that terrified of some non-papers leaking you proably have much bigger problems than leaked papers anyway. Like underworked ideas and insufficient political support.
