Wind turbine clash adds to UK-EU post-Brexit tensions
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from Environment | The Guardian on (#5K66A)
Exclusive: Brussels is concerned that British government is favouring domestic firms, in breach of trade deal
A new front has opened up in the post-Brexit tensions between Boris Johnson and the EU over Brussels' concerns that the British wind turbine industry is being favoured for government contracts worth billions of pounds.
With the support of the governments of France and Spain, the European Commission has privately warned UK officials that the government's procurement policy could be in breach of the trade deal signed on Christmas Eve.
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