Xinhua, London :
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Friday insisted that it remains confident of Britain securing a future trading deal with the European Union, as London’s national newspapers zoomed in on the possible impact of a no-deal Brexit.
A spokesperson at Downing Street Number 10 said although ministers remained confident of a deal, the government was to ramp up planning for a no-deal outcome.
“As a responsible government we need to plan for every eventuality. The Cabinet agreed that no-deal remains an unlikely but possible scenario in six months’ time,” added the spokesperson.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab was holding an extended negotiating session by telephone Friday with the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
Ahead of the talks, Raab said in a Daily Telegraph article: “No one should pretend that no deal would be straightforward. There would be risks and some short-term disruption.”
He added: “We can mitigate by taking a ‘continuity’ approach, recognizing certain EU-approved goods for import into the UK. But, in a no-deal scenario, we can’t control the EU’s response to UK goods going the other way.”
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Friday insisted that it remains confident of Britain securing a future trading deal with the European Union, as London’s national newspapers zoomed in on the possible impact of a no-deal Brexit.
A spokesperson at Downing Street Number 10 said although ministers remained confident of a deal, the government was to ramp up planning for a no-deal outcome.
“As a responsible government we need to plan for every eventuality. The Cabinet agreed that no-deal remains an unlikely but possible scenario in six months’ time,” added the spokesperson.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab was holding an extended negotiating session by telephone Friday with the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
Ahead of the talks, Raab said in a Daily Telegraph article: “No one should pretend that no deal would be straightforward. There would be risks and some short-term disruption.”
He added: “We can mitigate by taking a ‘continuity’ approach, recognizing certain EU-approved goods for import into the UK. But, in a no-deal scenario, we can’t control the EU’s response to UK goods going the other way.”
