EU leaders confirm Brexit transition offer, joint trade line

Thomson Reuters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders formally adopted on Friday their joint negotiating stance on a future trade relationship with Britain after it leaves the bloc, said the chairman of the summit, Donald Tusk.

That comes together with an offer of a 21-month transition period to help business adapt after Brexit, due in March 2019.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, Alastair Macdonald, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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