Brexit Bulletin: Fight for the Future
- Theresa May's Cabinet will start setting out its vision for Brexit
- Trade deal and transition period still divide U.K. and EU
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This is the week when the hard decisions begin. Eighteen months after the referendum, Theresa May’s Cabinet will start hashing out what it really wants Brexit to look like, and what it’s prepared to sacrifice to get it.
The infighting, once again, has gone public. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has promised to set out his vision for a “liberal” Brexit this week, one that breaks free from European Union laws and avoids Britain being what he calls a “vassal state” of Brussels. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier reminded Britons over the weekend what the cost of such freedom could be: losing access to the market of its biggest trading partner.