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This chimes with my belief too on LPF, non-regression, process for raising floor, possible tariffs if one side clearly gaining an advantage. But you may be confused by numerous other versions which seem to be in large part spin by people who don't understand trade deals. https://twitter.com/SamuelMarcLowe/status/1336645041956286464
There will be no requirement for the UK to follow EU regulations under the FTA, and there never has been such a proposal. And what is proposed is a modernised version of a subject long included in trade deals. But sure, if you want to claim great victory or defiant defeat...
An important point not being made often enough with regard to level playing field measures in Free Trade Agreements - they are not intended for daily or indeed regular use. They are to stop major unfair advantage by one side or other. This is not about arbitrating each law.
So, if the problem with the EU's proposed level playing field rules is that the UK thinks that means dynamic alignment by another name a side letter or some such should be able to provide reassurance. If the problem is clasing philosophy, that's harder.
But as @SamuelMarcLowe has frequently pointed out, the worst that can happen in breach of level playing field clauses is tariffs. Which would happen day one without an agreement. And even then probably only for egregious breach.
The dull truth, a free trade agreement is the framework for trade relations between two countries, not the detailed manual. The reality remains that any level playing field clauses are unlikely to be triggered, and could be equally useful for UK as EU. A poor hill to choose.
I don't agree with this. We're not talking about individual social and environmental legislation, but broadly general provisions. https://twitter.com/irushforth/status/1336677516782804999
Too many instant trade deal experts interpreting too many off the record briefings badly.
We have for some months attempted to interpret UK government remarks in this way as allowing room for compromise against the real EU position. But not completely convinced because if the case this could have been resolved ages ago. https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1336692042634846209
Reasonable to assume that the UK government does have a more fundamental objection to any sort of dynamism in level playing field clauses as being not Brexit and not Canada because otherwise this could have been solved at technical level.
