EU trade chief meets ministers in London amid leaks of mooted pact

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2025-04-29

London (PA Media/dpa) - Ministers met with the EU's trade chief in London amid leaks of a mooted UK-EU agreement on "free and open trade" in the face of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister in charge of EU negotiations, co-chaired the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee with the EU's Maros Sefcovic during the trade commissioner's first official visit to the UK since the Labour government came into power. They po......

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