Latest updates: EU says ‘significant uncertainty’ remains about 1 January; UK foreign secretary says no-deal would lead to ‘bumps in the road’
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These are from the Economist’s Matthew Holehouse.
The EU has published contingency measures that keep trucks, trains and planes moving in a No Deal exit. But guess what? They require to Britain uphold a “level playing field” including subsidy controls – the same principle it is willing to sink a deal over… pic.twitter.com/0Siyp5ElVi
This will be a surprise to no one in No 10: they are the same as measures published in preparation for no deal this time two years ago: https://t.co/05x50Cq89a
NB obligation for a state aid regulator. Between the Northern Ireland protocol, and this, you can see a route to Johnson getting more or less the same strictness of subsidy control as May’s deal would have produced, for much less market access. Same bath water, smaller baby… pic.twitter.com/C64KmwHOQh
In the Commons Duncan Baker, the Conservative MP for North Norfolk, says what is at stake in the talks is not the size of the fishing industry now; it is what it could be in the future. Under Brexit, the fishing sector has the chance to expand, he insists.
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