Canada-Style Deal Now Off The Table. (This is just all so easy IF Boris digs his heels in. The imbalance in trade levels between us and the EU gives us a royal flush hand!)

EU 'posturing' over Canada-style trade deal, claims minister

No 10 has pointed to previous comments by EU officials claiming Brussels has reneged on Canada-style offer

ByAnna Mikhailova, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR and James Crisp, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT19 February 2020 • 9:41pm

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A trade minister has accused Brussels of “posturing”, as Number 10 claimed EU negotiators had reneged on a promise of a Canada-style agreement.

There is mounting frustration among the Prime Minister's advisers over the EU's insistence that Britain must sign up to more of its rules in order to get the trade agreement it wants.

In an increasingly antagonistic stand off, Number 10 has pointed to previous comments by EU officials praising the Canada deal and the EU has hit back with accusations of "below the belt" tactics.

The row was sparked after the official Downing Street account shared an image from a 2017 presentation by Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, which states: “Canada type FTA was the only available relationship for the UK”.... DT.