Brexit has made the UK's economic woes 'more severe', the EU's top negotiator Michel Barnier has claimed
The IMF said on Tuesday that the UK was set to become the weakest major economy in the world in 2023 - the only G7 nation to shrink this year.
He added that even proponents of Brexit had not been able to give any evidence of the benefits of the UK leaving the EU. Mr Barnier added that he "cannot agree" with comments made by the UK's former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost urging the government to push for a Northern Ireland Protocol that overrides the EU.Lord Frost was the negotiator. He negotiated line by line, comma by comma, sentence by sentence, all the content of this treaty.
Sir Keir has floated plans for dynamic alignment of various sectors with EU rules. Mr Barnier said in response: "The door is open for new relations.
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