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A senior UK negotiating official says: UK being very realistic. Only asking EU for PRECEDENTED relationship – eg along same lines as EU agreed in past with Canada or Japan for example /1
UK official says UK engaging in all areas of talks + has made an offer to EU on level playing field provisions but EU thinks there’s a half-way meeting point on its demands. UK says no half way on sovereignty. Cannot accept at all that EU laws/standards be binding on UK /2
If EU so worried about level playing field then UK says it has floated possibility of aiming for 98% or 99% tariff free quota free trade (like Canada/Japan) if 100% too difficult. BUT EU says not enough time to negotiate individual tariff lines by Johnson end of year deadline /3
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