UK and EU outline new strategic partnership to boost trade and security

Officials draft declaration to help tackle ‘fluctuations’ in world economyThe UK and the EU have outlined a “new strategic partnership” aimed at bolstering trade and presenting a united European front in Ukraine in defiance of Donald Trump’s threat to upend decades of transatlantic alignment.A draft declaration being drawn up by London and Brussels ahead of a UK-EU summit on 19 May points to a “common understanding” on a number of shared interests. Conti