The United Kingdom cannot, because of its geographical proximity to the EU, benefit from an agreement comparable to the one the EU has negotiated with Canada, and every FTA of any kind contains a 'level playing field' mechanism in itself, adapted on a case-by-case basis.
This was the response of the European Commission and its chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, on Tuesday 18 February to the announcements made the previous evening in Brussels by David Frost, the British negotiator and advisor...