Norwegian MP says it is not in either country’s interest for UK to use trade agreementSenior Norwegian politicians and business figures have rejected Norway-plus, the increasingly touted British cross-party plan for the UK to leave the EU but join Norway in a free trade trade area inside the EU single market. The temporary arrangement would remain in place until the EU and UK agreed a specific trade deal. Norway-plus, the softest form of Brexit, requires the UK to seek to apply to join the European Free Trade Area grouping, consisting of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. But the plan was rejected by Heidi Nordby Lunde, an MP in Norway’s governing Conservative party, and leader of Norway’s European movement. We have 29 trade agreements with 39 countries outside the EU that the UK would need to be able to accept.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2018 07:34 UTC