EU leaders confirm Brexit transition offer, joint trade line

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani as they attend a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/Pool

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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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