As the political theatre plays out in London, the EU’s behind-the-scenes preparations for Brexit continue apace.
Brexit watchers were this week bombarded with a series of slides, technical notices and political guidelines setting out the EU’s thinking not only on a post-Brexit transition period, but also on the broad outlines of its thinking on a future trade deal.
Level playing fields and cherry-picking were the mantras of the day, but the seemingly bland terms belie a massively...