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The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit.

Britain and the European Union are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.

A leaked draft seen by POLITICO promises a “new strategic partnership” between London and Brussels based on “maintaining global economic stability and our mutual commitment to free and open trade.”

It comes as Keir Starmer’s U.K. government is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration to try to get a carve-out from the U.S. president’s new tariffs.

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[–] realitista@lemm.ee 15 points 17 hours ago

Trump will be the one to finally undo Brexit.

[–] Rucifer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Yes please!! Resist this fucker! Destroy his self image and make him crumble into himself! We will suffer regardless so I pray that we at least get to watch KRASNOV get played for a fool! Wahaha

[–] jellygoose@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol that's actually stupid funny.

Trump & Co. Managed to piss off UK and EU enough that they said "know what, let bygones be bygones, fuck the US"

[–] vegetvs@kbin.earth 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One more agreement that wouldn't have been necessary before Brexit.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But also kind of amazing that the US fucked up so bad that the EU is beginning to forgive the UK for the slap in the face of leaving.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it is more the UK which appears weak for coming crawling back to the EU.

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We were dumb as shit for leaving. The end.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's ok mate, we voted for the stupidest Hitler. Twice.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Free. Commerce. Eu. Uk.

i'm still working on it, but i think it's going to form an acronym that says "f.u.c.k. t.r.u.m.p"

[–] Triadager@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Free Unions' Commerce Konvention: Toward Reciprocal Unity in Market Practices.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sooooooo, basically cancelling brexit without cancelling brexit, then?

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Unless the new Treaty properly covers Services and hence includes Freedom Of Movement (which is required for suppliers in one country to freely provide services which cannot be remotelly provided in other countries), not really.

One of the biggest arguments of the Brexiters was to be able to get rid of Freedom Of Movement so that they didn't have to accepts all immigrants from the EU (all of which with time ended up with the funny outcome that now Britain still gets as many immigrants coming in as they did when part of the EU, only now they're almost all non-white something which the Brexiters - who are almost invariably racist - find even more distasteful).

I very much doubt that the current, New Labour, government who are maybe the most rightwing Labour government ever and have even been blowing a couple of far-right anti-immigration dog-whistles will be accepting the return of Freedom Of Movement.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's nice to see the UK and EU getting so integrated. I'm not an expert, so I'm wondering if this could be the closest their partnership has been in recent years.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe they should form some sort of union between the two parties.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 19 points 1 day ago

Gotta wait for Nigel Farage and other gammons to not be quite so much of a threat before that decision can be addressed properly.

In the meantime, things like this are the probably the best way to go about it.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There already is one, UK is free to re-join.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

That’s the joke bro

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How’s the view on Brexit in the UK these days?

[–] damdy@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

My understanding is a few people didn't understand and have regrets, most are stubbornly insisting it was right, reform UK party is still growing I think.

Although I live in London, know nobody who wanted it, and everyone I know thinks the rest of the country are morons. (Manchester's cool I guess)

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/half-britons-believe-brexit-has-been-mostly-failure-so-far

Still a lot of fascist idiots. Generally they are old, but that still a lot of people. Poll have changed more because Leavers are aging out, rather minds changing.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Oh it may well get worse. FPTP could give them power. Rarely does the power in party have a majority of the population support. Labour need to ditch FPTP for good of the country. But they won't because they could win again, and it's party before country.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

People have moved closer to the middle from both sides, but the average has moved to it being bad.

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they're ready for brre-entry now

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Whilst we're still fighting those that caused Brexit I think we need to be careful of introducing instability with "in again / out again" policy swings. I think we're best aiming at something which removes barriers but doesn't stir up the anti EU sentiment that still exists.

Alignment, deals, treaties, but not membership.