UK and EU plan to challenge Trump with a "free and open trade" declaration

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,” News.Az reports.

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

Officials are also negotiating U.K.-EU agreements on defense and security, fishing and energy, as well as a “common understanding” of which topics will be covered by intensive Brexit reset negotiations this year.

EU ambassadors are set to meet on Wednesday in Brussels to review progress on talks.