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Thank you, Mr Chairman.

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Yesterday, Paris and Madrid, today,

Deanna, tonight Athens, but it is a

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pleasure to be here in Vienna and I

will attempt to address your

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question in my speech. It's a

pleasure to be here in Vienna

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because it is a city, which like

Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and London,

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has earned its status as one of

Europe's truly global cities. These

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are places which shape the nations

in which they are situated and the

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ideas and values of those of us who

are protocol is a lot Europeans as

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well as being Austrian, French,

German or British -- proud to call

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ourselves Europeans. Vienna has a

long history of capital ideas. When

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the Vienna Circle gathered in this

city, they produced more challenging

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ideas than a day than many

perversities do in a decade. Ideas

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that form the intellectual basis of

modern politics -- universities do

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in a decade. This week alone,

students will be taught the ideas of

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the Austrian School of economics in

London well the Opera house will see

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an English soprano star in a work by

Handel, and this morning, thousands

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of Austrians will go to Aaron a

living from companies owned by the

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United Kingdom -- go to earn a

living. These are the current lived,

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shared experiences and they point

the way to a shared future which

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will continue after Brexit. Since

our referendum, much thought

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throughout Europe has gone into what

the turn's relationship with the

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European Union really means, whether

a close partnership is really

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possible with a nation that by the

decision of its people is leading

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the structure is designed to produce

such a relationship and whether

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Britain is going to be the same

country it has been in the past,

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dependable, open, fair, a bastion of

parliamentary democracy and a

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defender of liberty and the rule of

law. Well, to cut to the chase, we

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are. We were before we joined the

European Union, we are well we are

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members, and we will be after we

have left. I'm here to explain not

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just why we must continue to work

together as a system of partners and

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friends, but also how we should go

about doing it. We are currently

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negotiating and implementation

period, a crucial bridge to our new

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partnership and next month, we will

start detailed discussions about

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exactly how our new relationship

will look, which is why this tour of

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Europe is happening today. Before we

begin that process, I believe there

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are two important principles which

can help as point in the right

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direction. The first is Britain's

determination to lead a race to the

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top in global standards. The second

is the principle of fair

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competition, which underpins the

best elements of the European

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economy and which we must work hard

to spread. Throughout all of this,

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it is essential to keep in mind the

reason Britain voted to leave the

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European Union. It was not and never

will be a rejection of European

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ideals, our shared values and

civilisation. When we joined the

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group union -- the European union,

it was to be part of an organisation

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that might work for many European

nations but does not work for the

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United Kingdom. Our referendum was a

straightforward choice, the decision

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to move away from sovereignty in

favour of more control of our own

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destiny so when we take decisions

around the Cabinet table about

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Brexit, it is to make sure choices

about Britain's future undertaken by

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Britain's Government. It is not to

undermine Europe or to act against

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the interests of our nearest

neighbours. Having the European

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Union and its member states succeed

as our closest friends and allies is

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absolutely in our national interest.

If that doesn't seem obvious, just

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look at the ways we have used our

sovereignty since the referendum

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vote itself. On Saturday, our Prime

Minister, Theresa May, explained the

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United Kingdom's steadfast

commitment to European security at

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home where we are delivering an

ambitious environmental plant which

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aims to leave the environment in a

better state than that we found it

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in. We have a modern industrial

strategy that makes targeted

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investments to address long-term

needs and responding to the

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revolution in modern working

practices through the Taylor review,

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which aims to ensure workers get the

best possible combination of

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protection and opportunities from

the modern economy. These are

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signposts to what the United Kingdom

will look like after we have left

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the structures of the European Union

because when it comes to our

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economic and regulatory systems and

how Britain will use open -- will

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use our sovereignty, we face a new

global context. The world stands on

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the brink of the next phase of

globalisation. With competition

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across the world and advances in new

technology like autonomous vehicles,

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artificial intelligence and smart

technology that will transform our

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lives once again, and as the

tectonic plates of the global

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economy shift more rapidly, we must

be ready. So it is the choice of our

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country and the Government of which

I am apart not as some in

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continental Europe seem to fear to

be a competitive race to the bottom,

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but to lead a global race to the

top. The future of standards and

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regulations, the building blocks of

free trade, is increasingly global

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and the world is waking up to it. I

was struck by what Emmanuel Macron

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said earlier this month and I quote

him, "If we do not define a standard

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for international cooperation, we

will never manage to convince the

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middle and working classes that

globalisation is good for them."

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That's Emmanuel Macron. I could not

agree more. But we have to act on

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that insight. For the UK, that means

building on the reputation that we

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already have as new technologies

evolve and develop. We want to turn

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innovative ideas into successful

industries, this will require

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supportive regulation, regulation

which gives confidence to firms

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considering investment and to

consumers considering how they might

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use them. Take the automotive

industry. With the game change and

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development of driverless cars, it

will make travel cheaper, more

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reliable and safe. This is a

brand-new technology which requires

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a brand-new legal framework covering

insurance, testing regulations,

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data, privacy, ownership and

liability. While the UK has some of

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the most creative and exciting

facilities and opportunities, for

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automotive investment in the world,

sustainable growth has to be

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supported by a regulatory

environment which delivers for

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consumers, passengers and the wider

society without creating a crushing

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administrative burden for business.

So we are striving to set the global

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agenda for effective regulatory

frameworks that keep consumers and

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passengers safe, which is why we are

developing a long-term regulatory

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framework for self guiding vehicles

well updating our code of practice

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for testing them and we are also

introducing new legislation so that

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the use of some vehicles can be

covered by compulsory insurance. The

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same is true for drones. Receiving

deliveries from Amazon by drones. At

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this moment, weather permitting, at

my home in Yorkshire, a robot lawn

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mower designed in Sweden and built

in England will be mowing the grass,

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but if we're to realise the full

potential of the new aerial drone

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technology, must also maintain our

world-class aviation safety record

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and address privacy concerns. The

Government has set out fresh

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measures and new regulation that

will build a framework to ensure

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that drones are used safely, making

us one of the first countries in the

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world to bring forward specific laws

in this area. Because by leading

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from the front and setting

standards, you can drive innovation

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and enable new technology to thrive.

By making a global, as President

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Macron proposes, we can give

confidence to consumers without

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handicapping industry.

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This race to the top is essential to

tackle our shared challenges. Work

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to combat climate change for example

has to be done at an international

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level. Air pollution, rising sea

levels, greenhouse gases do not

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respect national or continental

boundaries. International

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collaboration such as the Paris

climate agreement is vital if we are

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going to protect our environment for

future generations. In consumer

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standards we will play a full role

in the push for global standards in

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car safety, supporting the work of

the United Nations. We will build on

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the leading reputation we have and

take other countries with us as new

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challenges emerge. And yes, that'll

mean continuing to work with other

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European countries to new standards.

This is an area where we should be

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respectful partners, not suspicious

competitors. The United Kingdom is

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incredibly well placed to make this

work. We have an unrivalled track

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record in promoting high standards

at home and abroad. Standards for

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products and services which

originated from our own national

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bodies are adopted the world over

any wide range of sectors. Eight out

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of ten of the most used and

fermented standards worldwide

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ranging from product quality to

environmental management began in

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the UK. The national standard for

making large-scale events more

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sustainable developed for the 2012

London Olympics is now being used at

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the Winter Olympics. While we have

been a member of the European Union

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in the UK has been instrumental in

the design of its rules. Why?

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Because we are a leading proponent

of a rules -based international

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system. Be that in security, defence

or trade. We have helped to lead the

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way in protecting employees from

exploitative working practices,

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predicting shoppers from shoddy

goods, ensuring patients are safe

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and have access to the best public

health and in holding businesses to

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high standards. The United Kingdom

led the charge for business

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practices and more accountability to

the benefit of all involved. Just

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look at our record. On safety at

work are industrial workers are the

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safest in Europe. The totality

incidence rate as it is delicately

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known is the lowest punted Europe

banks not to European legislation

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but British laws passed in the early

to mid 70s. In financial services we

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go well beyond the minimum European

standards by ring fencing retail

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banking for more risky investment

activity and we have taken the lead

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in pushing for higher capital ratio

requirement. We spearheaded a change

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in the culture with banking and

insurance with new regimes to

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address mismanagement. There is

nothing in European legislation

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which goes as far. We have led the

way in implementing measures to

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juice multinational tax avoidance,

one of only three European Union

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countries to operate a tax

disclosure regime. We push for and

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always defended a rigorous state aid

system which is robust with its

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enforcement mechanisms. We were the

first country in the world to set a

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legally binding targets to reduce

our greenhouse gas emissions. We

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reduced them faster than any G-7

country or European country. After

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Brexit plans are in the pipeline for

a new independent body which will

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continue to uphold environmental

standards. We will continue our

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track record of meeting high

standards after we leave the

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European Union. I know that for one

reason or another there are some

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people who sought to question that

these are really our intentions.

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They fear Brexit could lead to a

Anglo-Saxon race to the bottom with

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Britain plunged into a Mad Max style

world borrowed from dystopian

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fiction. These fears are based on

nothing. Not our history, not our

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intentions, not our national

interest. The competitive challenge

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we in the UK and the European Union

will face from the rest of the world

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when 90% of growth and market will

come will not be met by a reduction

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in standards. We will never be

cheaper than China. Or have more

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resources than Brazil. This

challenge can only be met by an

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increase in quality and service

levels and an increase in

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intellectual content. So what I

profoundly disagree with those who

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spread those fears but it does

remind us that we should provide

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reassurance and that is why it is a

message delivered by every member of

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Britain's government as we meet our

European counterparts. Whether it is

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Theresa May's commitment to

maintaining and enhancing workers'

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rights, the Chancellor's powerful

advocacy for the stability of the

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European banking system, Michael

Gove crusading or my friend the

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Foreign Secretary who explained in

an important speech last week how

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ending membership of the European

Union institutions would not stop

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our shared European culture of

values, civilisation. This race to

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the top has a clear read across to

our exit negotiations. The future

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trade talks will be a negotiation

like no other. We start from a

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position of total alignment with

unprecedented experience in working

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with one another's regulators and

institutions. The agreement we

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strike will not be about how to

build a convergence, what we do when

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one of us chooses to make changes to

a rules. Neither side shall put

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unnecessary barriers during this

process. Take a car produced here in

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Austria to be exported to the United

Kingdom. Currently that vehicle only

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has to undergo one series of

approvals in one country to show it

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meets the required regulatory

standards. Those approvals are

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accepted across the European Union.

That's exactly the sort of

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arrangement we want to see

maintained even after we leave the

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European Union. And while we will be

seeking a bespoke agreement

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reflecting our shared history and

existing trade there are already

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president is outside the EU we can

look to. The European Union itself

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has a number of mutual recognition

agreements with a variety of

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countries from Switzerland to Canada

to South Korea. These cover a huge

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array of products, toys,

automotives, electronics and medical

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devices, and many many more. A

crucial part of any such agreement

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is the ability for both sides to

trust each other's regulations and

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the institutions that enforce them.

With a robust and independent

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arbitration mechanism. Such mutual

recognition will naturally require

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close evenhanded cooperation between

authorities and a common set of

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principles. The certainty that

Britain's plan, the blueprint for

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life outside the European Union is a

race for top in global standards and

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not a regression from the high

standards we have now. It will

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provide the basis of trust which

means Britain's regulators and

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institutions can continue to be

recognised. This will be a crucial

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part of ensuring our future economic

partnership is an open one and that

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trade remains as frictionless as

possible, something particularly

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important in the context of Ireland.

I am certain that is in the interest

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of both sides. And because of that I

am certain we can get this right.

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But of course it will not be easy.

We are seeking a new framework which

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allows for a close economic

partnership that recognises the fact

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we are leaving the European Union.

That recognises our trusted historic

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relationship upon which many of our

companies depend. And the principle

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of fairness and her competition

which is essential to any trade

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agreement between any two states

will be particularly important here.

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Turning this into a functioning

economic partnership will be a

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mutual endeavour. As for the design

of mechanisms to ensure both sides

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respect open trade and fair

competition. But I have three

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principles in mind which will help

illustrate what we mean by fairness.

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First fair competition means it

cannot be right that the company

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situated in the European Union will

be able to be heavily subsidised by

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the state but still have unfettered

access to the United Kingdom market.

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And vice versa. The UK has long been

a vocal proponent of restricting

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unfair subsidies to ensure

competitive markets. It is give

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taxpayers and consumers and it

ensures an efficient allocation of

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resources. These principles are true

across the globe and will continue

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to be true in the United Kingdom,

European Union relationship. Second,

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fairness means protecting consumers

against anti-competitive behaviour.

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The United Kingdom will continue to

be a leading advocate of open

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investment flows after we leave the

European Union. But it cannot mean

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that a European company could merge

with the United Kingdom company and

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significantly reduce consumer

choice. In our interconnected

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globalised world where goods and

services and investments flow across

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borders there will still be a mutual

benefit to the UK and European union

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of cooperating to protect our

consumers, taxpayers and businesses

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by promoting fair competition. So we

will look to develop ways to deliver

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our shared goal, ensuring fair

competition across the United

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Kingdom and the countries of Europe.

Because it is in all our interest to

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make sure people are properly

protected and have a right recourse

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when things go wrong. And thirdly,

fairness means operating with a

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degree of mutual respect. Respect in

the desire to reach a deal, a

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distinct legal order of each side.

And our determination to carry out

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the sovereign decision of the

British people. If we follow these

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three critical principles we will

reach an ambitious future

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partnership which ensures trade

remains as open and frictionless as

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possible. Brexit will inevitably

mean a change in the way British,

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Austrian and other European Union

companies do business. It has to. If

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we are to make good on the

referendum result and carve a path

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for Britain to strike its own trade

deals, have its own immigration

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policy and make our courts sovereign

once more. My message to you in this

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room is that these goals will not

change the kind of country retinas.

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A dynamic, and open country. That

supports businesses like yours to

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grow, invest and in innovate in a

fair and competitive market. Reading

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a place to standards 's competition.

Respecting their democratic decision

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of people across Europe. In a way

that benefits the whole of Europe

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and all its citizens. Thank you very

much. APPLAUSE

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I will take three or four questions,

I see some familiar faces in the

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audience. Vicki Young?

Vicki Young

BBC News, there are many in Britain

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and some in your party and even your

Cabinet to think that EU red tape is

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choking Britain, are you now saying

we have to stick to the rules if we

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are going to frictionless trade and

how are your Cabinet going to

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resolve the dilemma? Will Theresa

May have to lock you in a room

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overnight?

Locked in a room all day,

not overnight! The first thing I

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said here was the examples I took

were from Canada, South Korea,

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Switzerland, which are outside the

European Union and not required to

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obey European Union rules but

haven't mutual recognition standards

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and that's something every free

trade agreement some method of

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recognising the quality standards,

the outcome standards, safety,

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emissions, not the way you would do

it, not the laws you are, so it's a

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question of being able to operate a

free trade environment with accepted

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international and in my view, in the

long-term, global standards, not

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European ones. Absolutely it will

deliver the outcome we want and also

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deliver on the referendum result.

Faisal Islam?

You seem to be asking

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Europe to trust the United Kingdom

so we can get more access than a

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normal trade deal but on two issues,

Northern Ireland for example we have

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had Simon Coveney Singh talking down

the Good Friday Agreement which some

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MPs have been doing raises serious

questions that this is irresponsible

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and reckless. But in terms of the

current negotiations as well, some

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of your partners seem to be so

concerned about the length of time

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it's taking they have activated

their hard Brexit custom plans

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already, is the trust really there?

Let me deal with one after another.

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Firstly I am saying that some of the

fears are ill founded, that is all

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the examples I gave, but at the end

of the day every free-trade

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agreement when it has common

standards has some sort of mechanism

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in it, normally an arbitration

mechanism with one person from each

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side and an independent chairman,

that is what Canada and South Korea

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have. That does not require absolute

trust but it does require us to work

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on the premise we will try to get

the best outcome on both sides. I'm

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not conscious of anyone talking down

the Good Friday Agreement, certainly

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nobody in government and everything

we are doing aiming towards ensuring

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that we meet every aspect of it. So

I don't see that being a problem.

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As for plans for a new deal, every

Government has a responsibility to

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plan for all outcomes, and so that

is what happens both in the United

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Kingdom and the European Union. It

doesn't mean we think it is likely,

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anything like likely, indeed we are

working towards a deal later this

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year, and frankly in my last couple

of days of visits, everything I've

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seen indicates that's well on the

cards. James?

Secretary of State,

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for some years now, your Brexit

colleagues have been telling us that

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we simply had to escape the dead

hand of EU regulation and red tape

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if we are to thrive. Now, according

to your speech today, it turns out

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that all this time the UK was

leading the way, even designing a

0:26:000:26:05

lot of this regulation. Have we been

Miss let?

Very good question. The

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simple truth is there are bits of EU

regulation we don't approve of. We

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are the country that has lost more

votes than any other, regrettably.

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What this is about is choosing the

future which is best for Britain.

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What I have been arguing today is

about as a future which involves

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high standards, not necessarily

identical standards, probably not,

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but one that allows us to have free

trade between us and allows us to

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lead what I have termed a race to

the top, not a race to the bottom

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but a race to the top, high quality

standards and safety in cars,

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Security on drones, high quality

standards across the board, which is

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where we will be able to compete

with our 85% service economy with

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the competitors of the future.

Wolfgang.

This week we had an

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opinion poll in Austria which says

that a majority of Austrians want

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Britain to leave the European Union

against Brexit. What do you tell

0:27:110:27:17

these people who have the impression

that an old partner will now leave

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because he thinks he has more

advantage outside of this family?

If

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I had an opinion poll of all the

Ministers I meet around Europe, I

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can tell you 100% don't want us to

leave, of the ones I meet, so that

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is not a surprise to me. The point I

think I want to make is this.

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Written, after it has left the

European Union, will continue to be

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a good global citizen, we will

continue to shoulder out

0:27:470:27:50

responsibilities and promote free

trade. We will want to stay friends

0:27:500:27:55

of the European Union, friends and

allies. We will want you to succeed

0:27:550:27:58

just as we want to succeed

ourselves. And we take these

0:27:580:28:04

responsibilities very seriously. We

are the largest spenders on defence,

0:28:040:28:11

an international trade, in the

European Union, by some big margin,

0:28:110:28:14

so you can expect us to continue to

be good neighbours and friends. We

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know many are sad to see us leave

the institution, but we are not

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leaving the neighbourhood, and we

will continue to be good neighbours.

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Claire.

Secretary of State, reports

this morning suggest there is a

0:28:280:28:36

secret plan for the UK to withhold

payments to the EU to force Brussels

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to give us a good trade deal. Are

these correct?

Secret plans! As

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announced by the Prime Minister. We

have made it plain that the

0:28:540:28:59

withdrawal agreement follows Article

50, Article 50 says that the

0:28:590:29:08

withdrawal agreement has to take

into account the future

0:29:080:29:10

relationship, so you have to have a

future relationship about to happen,

0:29:100:29:13

they are bound up in one, they are

not separate issues. Kate McCann.

0:29:130:29:25

Wilbur Government a final clear

position on Brexit by the end of the

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away day this week Rose and there

have been some reports around this

0:29:300:29:32

morning that you are lazy. What do

you say to that?

On the latter one,

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they should give them my travel

schedule, which starts early in the

0:29:380:29:42

morning it arrives rather later than

most people go to bed. Of course we

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are aiming... The difficulty with

answering the question is that there

0:29:460:29:52

is no final answer. We started back

at Lancaster house with the grand

0:29:520:29:58

outline of the plan, which was the

same as it is now. That was fleshed

0:29:580:30:03

out in more detail in Florence.

There were two white papers on it,

0:30:030:30:10

any number 14 policy papers last

year, I lazily gave my holiday also

0:30:100:30:14

might assign them all off. And we

will be talking about some of the

0:30:140:30:22

specific issues on Thursday, so the

policy will get more and more and

0:30:220:30:27

more closely refined, and that is

what will happen this Thursday, very

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successfully, and I don't suppose

Mrs May would give us the key to the

0:30:310:30:35

door until we conclude them. I think

I had better stop there, because

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with my lazy schedule I have got to

head off to Athens next, but thank

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you very much for being a good

audience, and we look forward to

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being great friends and great allies

and great trading partners in the

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future. Thank you.

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