EU's Tusk: Future relationship deal is "agreed in principle", subject to leaders' endorsement

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

The European Council President Donald Tusk was on the wires last minutes, via Twitter, commenting on the draft Brexit document.

Tweet:

“I have just sent to EU27 a draft Political Declaration on the Future Relationship between EU and UK. The Commission President has informed me that it has been agreed at negotiators’ level and agreed in principle at political level, subject to the endorsement of the Leaders.”

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Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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