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The EU has set out its objectives, we will be setting out our own approach on Thursday
1/5 The EU has set out its objectives for the negotiations with us in the mandate it has agreed today. We welcome that and we will be setting out our own approach on Thursday. Meanwhile, a few key points:
— No.10 Press Office (@Number10press) February 25, 2020
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2/5 The EU mandate stresses (reasonably) the importance of its own legal autonomy. We are equally determined to protect ours. That is the key point of Brexit and is fundamental to the sustainable long-term relationship the EU says it wants with us.
— No.10 Press Office (@Number10press) February 25, 2020
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3/5 The EU has respected the autonomy of other major economies around the world such as Canada and Japan when signing trade deals with them. We just want the same.
— No.10 Press Office (@Number10press) February 25, 2020
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4/5 We agree the UK’s trade with the EU is significant. The US’s is on the same scale – yet that did not stop the EU being willing to offer the US zero tariffs without the kind of level playing field commitments or the legal oversight they have put in today’s mandate.
— No.10 Press Office (@Number10press) February 25, 2020
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5/5 Here is the section on trade and competition in the EU’s directives for the US negotiations. https://t.co/sbNBfGud9A pic.twitter.com/z2DW3896Pe
— No.10 Press Office (@Number10press) February 25, 2020