Theresa May will appeal to EU leaders to reach “the broadest and deepest possible agreement” in a speech today ANDY RAIN/EPATheresa May has been forced to drop a pledge to make a “binding commitment” to mirror European Union rules from a speech on Britain’s future trading relationship with the bloc. The prime minister will appeal for the EU to strike the most comprehensive trade deal in the world with a warning that an unfair deal will break down, plunging both sides into chaos. Mrs May will give more detail in her speech today on how Britain would seek to mirror EU rules in some areas while choosing to break away in others. She will seek to kick-start negotiations, set to begin later this month, by setting out specific examples of which parts of the UK economy could follow which path. However, objections from pro-Brexit…

Source: The Times March 02, 2018 00:04 UTC