U.K. Rejects Mooted Brexit Compromise in Setback to EU Talks
- Chief negotiator Frost tweets opposition to tariff retaliation
- Suggestion had been circulating of potential middle-ground
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The U.K.’s chief Brexit negotiator rejected a potential compromise in its trade negotiations with the European Union, saying Britain isn’t prepared to accept tariffs if the country makes laws in its own interests.
“We could not leave ourselves open to such unforeseeable economic risk,” David Frost tweeted on Thursday, after media reports suggested the U.K. would sign up to the EU’s so-called level playing field, but the EU would reserve the ability to impose tariffs on Britain if the country opted to deviate from those rules. “The government will not agree to ideas like the one currently circulating,” he said.