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Re: [Updated] The UK’s future relationship with the EU
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...10riyo?ocid=sf
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Boris Johnson is poised to abandon part of the Brexit deal he signed with Brussels setting up a furious row with the EU when the trade talks get underway next month.
The Government will publish its negotiating mandate later today after Number 10 cast serious doubts over whether it will stick to promises it made in the political declaration it signed alongside the withdrawal agreement.
Downing Street sources suggested the declaration the Prime Minister signed setting out the framework for a future trade deal had been usurped by the Tories’ manifesto, which helped the party secure a thumping general election victory.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister's official spokesman said the “political declaration was agreed alongside the withdrawal agreement and sets out aspirations and parameters for the upcoming negotiations on the future relationship”. The spokesman added: "The political declaration is clear that this will be based on a free trade agreement."
While not legally-binding, the political declaration is an international agreement signed between the European Commission and the UK Government.
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