The European Union is also actively preparing for a no-deal Brexit without a UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement on 1 January 2021.
Whether “there is an agreement or not, the UK will leave the single market and the customs union at the end of the year, and this will inevitably create obstacles”, said Daniel Ferrie, a spokesman for the European Commission, on Monday 24 August. He added that a “virtual tour of the capitals” is currently being organised to inform stakeholders of the...