Britain would at some point have to choose between continuing its regulatory alignment with the EU – with the European Court of Justice continuing to play a role in British legal decisions – or go it alone, free to strike trade deals but with a hard border and tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade with Britain’s largest market. In reality, this confrontation was always inevitable. President Trump has described Britain as being “in somewhat turmoil” and Theresa May’s position is threatened with talk of a leadership contest. The following Monday, David Davis, Britain’s chief negotiator and Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary resigned. On Friday 6 July, two years into the process, the British government finally agreed their negotiating position for Britain’s future trading relationship with the European Union.
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