Downing Street rejects EU’s ‘onerous’ opening trade offer
Brussels offering UK worse deal than those offered to US, Canada and Japan, says No 10
No 10 has accused the EU of trying to give the UK a worse trade deal than those offered to the US, Canada and Japan, as the two sides clashed ahead of crucial talks scheduled to take just 40 days.
With the opening round of talks due to start on Monday, Downing Street publicly rejected the EU’s opening offer for a trade deal and said it did not recognise the need for a “level playing field” for competition.
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