Alignment with EU rules and a role for Europe's courts will continue to dominate post-Brexit trade talks. But concerns over citizens’ rights and Northern Ireland have not gone away.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has promised “day and night” talks to reach a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK. And she’ll need it. It took almost three years to agree a divorce deal (see B12351A2), and the same issues have started to crop up again, even before formal trade talks...