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Post-Brexit UK trade deals unlikely to copy EU's 'rigid' human-rights approach

By Matthew Holehouse ( May 22, 2019, 15:40 GMT | Insight) -- The UK is unlikely to push for overarching human-rights clauses in post-Brexit trade agreements as a matter of course, the government has said. Suspension clauses are a fixture of EU trade deals, but the UK is skeptical about their effectiveness and they risk becoming an obstacle to signing trade agreements, officials told lawmakers.The UK is unlikely to push for overarching human-rights clauses in post-Brexit trade agreements as a matter of course, the government has said....

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