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UK, EU Close To Brexit Deal On Financial Services: British Official

A spokesman for prime minister Theresa May said reports of a deal were speculation and that Britain wanted to go beyond the existing equivalence regimes (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

The United Kingdom and the European Union have made progress on a deal to give London’s dominant financial centre basic access to EU markets after Brexit, two British officials said, but no agreement has yet been clinched. The deal being discussed would be based on the EU’s existing system of financial market access known as ‘equivalence’ – a watered-down relationship that officials in Brussels have said all along is the best arrangement that Britain can expect. The Times newspaper said a tentative deal had been reached on all aspects of a future partnership on services, as well as an exchange…

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