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Boris Johnson has taken a different approach to the previous government’s UK-EU talks, according to Shanker Singham. Executive director of business law and economic policy consulting Competere said the UK will not give in to EU demands and the prime minister has successfully conveyed it to Michel Barnier.
Speaking to the Westminster Committee on Future Relations with the European Union Committee, Mr Singham said: “I think what was happening in the June / July period was that the EU was essentially negotiating with the UK government. as it was before the new administration.
“The story of the negotiation was that if the EU stuck to its very strong initial offer and did not deviate from its initial offer, then the story was that the UK would give in.
“So from a negotiating point of view, I think the EU just assumed that it will continue, so we have this issue where the EU has put forward this position.
“I would describe it as a completely unreal position, for another country to adopt its rule of law, its own legal order.
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“They are doing it because they believe that the UK will eventually give in and just accept the EU’s demands.
“I think what the UK had to convey, and has succeeded, is that it is not going to give in like it has in the past.
“That is quite difficult for the EU to understand: that there is now quite a different approach.”
Talks about a trade deal and a future relationship have made little progress since Britain left the European Union in January, and almost fell apart when London introduced the Internal Market Act, raising fears that there would be no deal.
Britain also says it is working hard to reach a deal, but has remained in its position that any deal must respect the country’s sovereignty, putting it at odds with Brussels on state aid and fisheries rules.
The EU says that due to Britain’s proximity to the bloc, London must accept the so-called level playing field of guarantees of fair competition.
The two sides will hold the next round of formal talks next week in Brussels ahead of a summit on October 1-2 to assess progress and decide whether the bloc should step up preparations to avoid a deal.
“It’s what the British people want, control of our borders, control of our laws, control of our fish, it sure isn’t asking too much.
“This crazy idea that all the rest have that the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world and one of the most important ancient democracies that has always known how to modernize and improve, is no longer capable of self-government.
“My colleagues and I want to prove them wrong, we are very capable of governing ourselves.
“We are capable of global leadership and it has been the EU that has been holding us back.”
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