Hammond Says Equivalence Cannot Be on ‘Whim’ of EU Commission

Equivalence must be "objectively assessed, not politically determined," Hammond says. (Scroll to 03:29).Source: Bloomberg
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond insisted that financial services have to be part of the final trade deal with the European Union, “with some sort of enhanced equivalence regime.”

He warned though that “it has to be robust, objectively determined -- not on the whim of the EU Commission.”