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European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier, center, carries a binder of the Brexit trade deal during a special meeting of Coreper, at the European Council building in Brussels on Christmas day
EUROPEAN Union ambassadors have provisionally approved Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal, allowing its implementation from January 1.
A spokesman for the bloc’s German presidency said today that the ambassadors had unanimously agreed to “green-light” the settlement reached on Christmas Eve.
Their decision paves the way for the agreement, which allows for continued tariff-free trade with the EU single market, to take effect when the Brexit transition period expires on Thursday night.
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