Q&A What is regulatory alignment? David Davis told parliament that regulatory alignment would not mean adopting exactly the same rules as the EU but "mutually recognised" rules and inspections. This would help avoid a hard border, but would also limit the UK’s ability to diverge from EU regulations. Davis thinks the UK and EU can agree to meet the same aims, while achieving them in different ways. Britain’s exit from the EU – taking Northern Ireland with it – risks a return to a hard or policed border.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2017 09:19 UTC