EU ambassadors give green light to post-Brexit trade deal

It comes as MPs in Britain were preparing to vote on the deal in a special sitting of Parliament called for Wednesday.

EU ambassadors have unanimously approved Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

EU ambassadors have given provisional approval for Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal to be implemented from January 1.

A spokesman for the German EU presidency said the ambassadors had unanimously agreed to “green light” the settlement hammered out on Christmas Eve.