CBI Sees Progress on Getting Business Groups Formal Brexit Role – New York Times

LONDON British business groups are making progress in persuading the government to grant them a formal role in future trade talks around Brexit, the head of the Confederation of British Industry, an employers group, said on Monday.

Countries such as Australia and Canada have given business groups a say in trade negotiations, something that CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn said would make a "huge difference" for Britain.

"They have confidential and formal structures and we have been calling for exactly that here. I think that we're seeing real signs of progress actually," Fairbairn told reporters at a news conference.

A year after Britons shocked the continent by voting on June 23 to cut loose from their main export market, debate has broken out again within the government over the best Brexit strategy following Prime Minister Theresa May's electoral failure to win a resounding backing from voters for her approach.

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CBI Sees Progress on Getting Business Groups Formal Brexit Role - New York Times