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Britain Wants Comprehensive Trade Deal With EU, Says British PM Theresa May

Explaining that it was not about “cherry picking”, PM May added that Britain wanted a trade deal that goes further than what the EU has with Norway or Canada.

Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, joins Sutton and Cheam Member of Parliament (MP), Paul Scully, as he campaigns for the forthcoming London local elections, in south west London, Britain January 13, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Leon Neal/Pool

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May joins Sutton and Cheam Member of Parliament (MP), Paul Scully, as he campaigns for the forthcoming London local elections, in south west London, Britain January 13, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Leon Neal/Pool

Berlin: Britain wants to have a comprehensive trade deal with the EU as well as a defence pact in place once its leaves the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in remarks published in a German newspaper on Saturday.

May added that her government was not seeking to “cherry pick” in the negotiations and that it wanted a trade deal that goes further than that which the EU has with Norway or Canada simply because Britain is negotiating from a different position to those two countries.

“It is not about cherry picking”, May told the mass-selling Bild newspaper. “We want to negotiate for a comprehensive free trade deal and security pact. We are in a different starting position than Canada or Norway.”

Britain and the EU struck a divorce deal last month that paved the way for talks on future trade ties and boosted hopes of an orderly Brexit.

“We are leaving the EU but not Europe”, she said.

(Reuters)

Britain Working to Secure Best Brexit Trade Deal: PM May

British Prime Minister Theresa May also underlined Britain’s aim to regain control over its sovereignty.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to attend a EU leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Francois Lenoir

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to attend a EU leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Francois Lenoir

London: Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Britain is working to secure the best trade deal with the EU while regaining control over issues like immigration after the bloc agreed to move talks onto the next stage of negotiations.

“We will deliver on the will of the British people and get the best Brexit deal for our country – securing the greatest possible access to European markets, boosting free trade with countries across the world, and delivering control over our borders, laws and money,” May said on Twitter.

(Reuters)