Clock ticks away at UK's Brexit transition options
In the meantime, businesses are sounding the alarm, with a German industry federation warning its members to start preparing for a "very hard Brexit" in 2019
Fri, Oct 13, 2017 - 5:50 AM
Mr Hammond, echoing recent EU assertions, says a Brexit transition period to some new relationship was a "wasting asset", the value of which would "diminish significantly" for both sides if its form remains unclear to businesses much after the start of the new year.
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NERVES are fraying in the Brexit talks, negotiators are trying to work out if the other side is bluffing about walking away, and a ticking clock is fast narrowing British options come March 2019.
Philip Hammond, Britain's finance minister, echoed recent EU assertions when...
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