The only model for a deal between the EU and the UK post-Brexit is a free trade agreement (FTA), said European Council president Donald Tusk. Draft guidelines show the EU will offer an FTA covering limited services with two tariffs on goods to the UK for the post-Brexit period. The document dismisses Prime Minister Theresa May's approach that the EU should let the UK access parts of the single market and have membership of its specialist agencies. Tusk added he hoped a deal would be "ambitious and advanced", but stressed it will only be a trade deal.
The only model for a deal between the EU and the UK post-Brexit is a free trade agreement (FTA), said European Council president Donald Tusk. Draft guidelines show the EU will offer an FTA covering limited services with zero tariffs on goods to the UK for the post-Brexit period. The document dismisses Prime Minister Theresa May's approach that the EU should let the UK access parts of the single market and have membership of its specialist agencies. Tusk added he hoped a deal would be "ambitious and advanced", but stressed it will only be a trade deal.