Title of unknown new body that will mediate UK-EU trade disputes is the 'Joint Partnership Council'

A new body to mediate disputes over the Brexit trade deal will reportedly be called the Joint Partnership Council, it is understood. Boris Johnson previously said 'independent third party arbitration' would be used if either side felt it was being 'unfairly undercut' by the other. Under the deal announced today there will be zero-tariff, zero-quota access to the EU single market - and Mr Johnson has maintained the ability to diverge from Brussels standards, with no role for the European Court of Justice 'But this treaty explicitly envisages that such action should only happen infrequently and the concepts of uniformity and harmonisation are banished in favour of mutual respect and mutual recognition and free trade.' In a 'scorecard' it produced before the talks were agreed, it said: The UK rejected the EU’s asks for an ‘equivalence’ mechanism, and instead secured a review and rebalancing clause which allows either side to initiate a formal review of the economic parts of the deal, including the level playing field provisions, and update the balance of the agreement over time. Asked at a Brussels press conference this afternoon how the EU will make sure the UK will stick to its side of the agreement, Ms Von der Leyen said: 'We have strong measures that can be taken if one party does not play by the rules' Asked at a Brussels press conference this afternoon how the EU will make sure the UK will stick to its side of the agreement, Ms Von der Leyen said: 'We have strong measures that can be taken if one party does not play by the rules.