Trade Trade

EU tightens link between 'level playing field' and scope of UK trade deal

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 19 Feb 2020 06:42
  • 19 Feb 2020 06:42
The EU has tightened the link between the scope of its trade ties with the UK and London's alignment with the bloc's standards after Brexit, according to the latest version of the draft EU mandate seen by MLex.

The draft mandate for a future relationship with the UK says that

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Joanna Sopinska

Senior Correspondent


Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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