Britain scolds EU over plan to restrict single market access to UK during transition

Reuters

Published Feb 08, 2018 12:20PM ET

Updated Feb 08, 2018 12:31PM ET

Britain scolds EU over plan to restrict single market access to UK during transition

LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit Secretary David Davis criticized the European Union's decision to publish a document that shows it has the power to restrict British access to the single market during a transition period after it leaves the bloc.

"I do not think it was in good faith to publish a document with frankly discourteous language and actually implying that they could arbitrarily terminate, in effect, the implementation period," Davis told Sky News.

"That's not what the aim of this exercise is, it's not in good faith, we think it was unwise to publish that."