EU Says May's Brexit Plan Won't Work as She Seeks Cabinet Deal
- European Commission rejects May’s ‘three baskets’ approach
- Premier is meeting top ministers to thrash out agreement
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The European Commission rejected U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s emerging plan for a post-Brexit trade deal, just as she tries to persuade her divided Cabinet to back it.
May is meeting with her most senior ministers to try to force them to agree the outline of a trading policy that would see the U.K. remain close to EU rules in many areas -- such as carmaking and data sharing -- while breaking away partially or fully in others, an approach known as the “three baskets.”