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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O’Carroll

British public want deeper economic ties with EU, business secretary says

Peter Kyle and Teresa Ribera shake hands with other hand holding blue documents. The are standing in front of union and EU flags
Peter Kyle, the UK business secretary, and the European Commission vice-president Teresa Ribera in Brussels on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The British public are “not nostalgic” for the pre-Brexit past but are pragmatic and want to move forward and “deepen” ties with the EU on trade and the economy, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, has said.

Signing an agreement in Brussels to cooperate closely on competition issues, Kyle said he thought the deal was “a real vindication of the reset and the relationships that have emerged between the EU and the UK” since Labour came to power.

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