Tuesday, 20 February 2018 ()
Britain will on Tuesday seek to reassure the EU that it will not lower regulatory standards after Brexit, promising to lead “a race to the top” in global standards. Brexit secretary David Davis will tell a business audience in Vienna that Britain and the EU should seek mutual recognition of regulations rather than full convergence. “The agreement we strike will not be about how to build convergence but what to do when one of us wants to make changes to rules. Neither side should put up unnecessary barriers during this process,” he will say. “Take a car produced here in Austria to be exported to the UK. Currently that vehicle only has to undergo...
