Tusk to May: Don’t Expect Frictionless Trade After Brexit
- EU Council president to meet Theresa May in London on Thursday
- Tusk to publish first guide to post-Brexit links next week
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European Union President Donald Tusk warned the U.K. that it can’t expect frictionless trade outside the bloc’s single market, lowering again Prime Minister Theresa May’s expectations a day before she’s due to deliver a major speech on her vision for the post-Brexit relationship.
“Friction is an inevitable side-effect of Brexit,” Tusk told an an audience of business leaders in Brussels on Thursday, shortly before leaving for London to meet May in Downing Street. It’s the latest in a string of developments this week that’s highlighted May’s obstacle-strewn path to getting a satisfactory Brexit deal.