Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission vice-president, says EU is also initiating two more infringement processes

Q: If this stalemate continues, who far would you go? Would you hit the UK with tariffs or the suspension of the trade treaty? And why won’t you reopen the treaty?

Šefčovič starts with the second question. He says they spent four years negotiating the treaty. They have been “pondering over these issues for years”. This was the best solution, he says. It was agreed after “laborious negotiations”. They signed it, and it was ratified.

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