Just interviewed the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen here in Davos, 1st UK TV
- Govt “has to choose” whether it wants “good access to the single market” in next few weeks so that both sides can find “what the room for negotiation is”. “We’ll see” on end 2020
- Govt “has to choose” whether it wants “good access to the single market” in next few weeks so that both sides can find “what the room for negotiation is”. “We’ll see” on end 2020
EU’s VDL also responded positively to UK Chancellor Sajid Javid saying that the EU trade deal was the priority ahead of a US one: “It’s good that they assign a lot of resources to these negotiations”.
VDL also said that the UK should not feel it has to choose between trade links with the USA and the EU. “it’s in our common interest for all three of us the UK, EU and US that we will work as close as possible together... both can go in parallel”.
On US threat to slap tariffs on EU cars in return for a digital tax, she said: “think we're moving towards a good solution, a common solution, because we tasked the OECD to find a solution for global tax, which refers to a fairness principle - good to have an OECD solution.
