I'm not confused, it's just a mess. No negotiations before the two years is triggered was the original EU position. The EU (or at least their trade comissioner)

I'm not confused, it's just a mess. No negotiations before the two years is triggered was the original EU position. The EU (or at least their trade comissioner) has come up with a new escalation, claiming that the UK also can't negotiate any post-Brexit trading terms as part of the exit negotiations, that they have to leave the EU first before they can start negotiating on how to trade with the EU: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/01/cecilia-malmstrom-eu-trade-commissioner-brexit-uk-wto http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/01/cecilia-malm... This is bad not just for the UK, but also for EU states reliant on trading with the UK.