Von der Leyen countered on Wednesday that this meant Britain would probably lose unfettered access to its closest trading partner after 2020. Round the clockThe European Union has never reached a trade agreement with any of its partners in less than a year. Von der Leyen stressed that Brussels preferred to keep close relations that avoided disruptions to global supply chains and are “unprecedented in scope”. “We are ready to design a new partnership with zero tariffs, zero quotas, zero dumpings,” she said. “We might together want to take a reconsideration of the timeframe before July 1,” von der Leyen said.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2020 13:52 UTC