'We are considering a zero-tariff, zero-quotas free trade agreement.'
After protracted divorce talks, Britain will leave the club it joined in 1973 at midnight Brussels time on Friday, when British flags will be removed from EU offices and the EU flag lowered on the British premises there.
"We are considering a zero-tariff, zero-quotas free trade agreement. But the precondition is that EU and British businesses continue to compete on a level playing field. We will certainly not expose our companies to unfair competition," European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen told the chamber. "We will not give ground on issues that are important to us," Barnier said, according to sources briefed on the closed-door meeting.On his last working day as a member of the European Parliament, leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage told reporters there was"no going back" once the UK leaves.
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