Starmer is set for a clash with businesses, peers and MPs over closer alignment with the EU on trade
Starmer faces a dilemma over either moving closer to Europe to avoid being dependent on an unpredictable Trump administration or seeking a full-blown trade deal with AmericaSir Keir Starmer faces a clash with businesses, MPs and peers over a push for closer alignment with EU rules to
Over the weekend Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to Trump, said that Britain should reject the EU’s “socialist model” or risk a break with the US. “But the BCC in its report and surveys and evidence has the data from our members to say that they think for traded goods, having as much alignment as possible is beneficial for trade with the EU.”
Product regulations which business groups have been particularly keen to see aligned between Britain and the EU include those governing the chemicals industry. “The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill gives the Government the power to set our own regulations, choosing how and when we wish to diverge from updated EU law.”To govern is to decide, and this Labour Government has already shown it can be decisive when it wants to be.
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