INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iceland and Norway to allow trade to continue unchanged if it leaves the European Union without a deal, trade minister Liam Fox said.Britain
is seeking to replicate around 40 EU bilateral trade deals ahead of its exit from the bloc.With just 11 days until Britain is due in law to
leave the bloc, the government has yet to win parliament's backing for its Brexit deal with Brussels
Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will seek a delay to Brexit at a meeting of EU leaders this week but any extension has to be agreed
unanimously.If Britain leaves without a deal, existing bilateral trade agreements will cease to apply."We have just reached agreement with
Iceland and Norway to ensure continued access for British businesses to the European Economic Area should we leave the EU without a deal,"
Fox said in a statement."This is one of the largest trade agreements we are party to as a result of our membership of the EU."The agreement
has been initialled and, subject to final legal checks, will be formally signed next week, his department said.Continued trade with the
other EEA member Liechtenstein and Switzerland, which is neither an EU nor EEA member but is part of the EU's single market, is covered by
an agreement already signed in February.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is
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