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ARTICLE · 29 JANUARY 2020

The View From Brussels – Some Critical Issues For The Future Trade Relationship

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The European Commission has started a debate with the Member States on the shape of the Union's future trade relationship with the UK and has made its views public in a series of slides.

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Eric White
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Lode Van Den Hende
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The European Commission has started a debate with the Member States on the shape of the Union’s future trade relationship with the UK and has made its views public in a series of slides. The UK Government has so far not set out its position in anything like the same detail but has indicated a desire to follow the model of the EU’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA) and to conclude the new agreement by the end of 2020, even anchoring in law a determination not to extend the transition period to allow more time for negotiation. In this View from Brussels, we look at some of the critical issues that will need to be resolved during the negotiations.

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