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For those interested, I have a juicy Brexit story coming your way tomorrow morning
Exclusive: The European Commission is "deeply concerned" by the lack of work Britain has done to roll over trade deals. It has briefed the rest of the EU about UK government "indecision" and Liam Fox's "failure to grasp basic concepts and trade-offs" uk.businessinsider.com/the-eu-is-deep…
An ex-senior official told me they're not surprised the Commission is alarmed. "Frankly, they’ve [DIT] been messing around for months and not doing any of this... Most of the people who are having to deal with this are totally ignoring reality."

uk.businessinsider.com/the-eu-is-deep…
A business figure who works closely with government told me "large swathes" of Liam Fox's DIT are "reluctant to accept the help of outsiders"

My scoop on the European Commission's "deep concern" with Britain's lack of prep for rolling over trade deals

uk.businessinsider.com/conservative-m…
Figures from the highest echelons of UK business have got in touch with me since this story went live to share their experience of working with Liam Fox's DIT.

"Your sources are 100% in line with our own experience of this issue," one said.
ICYMI: The European Commission is very worried about Liam Fox’s “incompetent” trade department. It told the other EU institutions that the DIT isn’t ready to roll over trade deals and Fox has failed “to grasp basic concepts” — exclusive story here. uk.businessinsider.com/the-eu-is-deep…
There has been plenty of interest in this Liam Fox/trade deal rollover story. Well, it is not finished yet.
Big update on this story coming your way tomorrow morning
Exclusive: The CBI says Liam Fox’s trade department is totally ill-equipped to roll over free trade deals and could end up bankrupting companies and killing jobs

Pretty extraordinary intervention from the UK’s biggest business group uk.businessinsider.com/cbi-warns-liam…
Since BI published my story on the European Commission’s worries about Liam Fox’s trade department, a number of business figures have got in touch with me to share their experiences of working with the DIT on Brexit uk.businessinsider.com/cbi-warns-liam…
I’ll be on @talkRADIO shortly after 4pm today to talk about this story — do tune in if you fancy it
Last week DIT officials told me the department is totally fine and has all the resources it needs to carry out its functions. Funnily, they didn’t mention this.
Well. Liam Fox' DIT will have just weeks to renegotiate over 40 trade deals. The CBI told me in April that failure to roll over trade deals in time for Brexit could bankrupt companies. "Some export-reliant companies could literally go bankrupt."uk.businessinsider.com/britain-will-h…
Liam Fox admits not all trade deals Britain has as an EU member will be ready to roll over in time for Brexit
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