Trade Trade

Interim Brexit trade deal likely the only hope now, says former UK finance minister Hammond

By Fiona Maxwell
  • 29 May 2020 06:55
  • 29 May 2020 06:55
The UK and EU will struggle and likely fail to reach a full free-trade agreement by the end of this year, former UK finance minister Philip Hammond has said, adding his voice to a growing list of political onlookers expecting no deal.
Speaking on a webinar today*, Hammond said he

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Fiona Maxwell

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Fiona Maxwell is a financial services senior correspondent at MLex in London. She began her career as a reporter for Risk.net, writing about EU post-crisis regulation, and later worked for POLITICO in Brussels, covering the intersect between financial policy and politics. Prior to joining MLex, Fiona worked at the Bank of England as a policy adviser in the prudential policy directorate.

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