UK PM May's spokesman with daily press briefing 1 Feb

  • to have different rights after transition ends
  • those coming to UK after March 2019 are subject to Brexit negotiations

The comments come in response to questions on the position laid out by May overnight on her China trip.

The stance already making waves of concern/contempt through EU Brexit team but not having any impact on GBP's perky performance this morning. More fuel on the fire for UK/EU talks though.

GBPUSD currently lower at 1.4225 after the retreat from 1.4275. EURGBP up to 0.8736. GBPJPY 156.05 from 156.45 highs as GBP finds rally sellers again.

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