EU Comission: In event of no-deal, EU will apply normal trade regime with UK

Reuters has recently reported the below-seen comments from the EU Commission on Brexit.

• In event of no-deal, EU will apply normal trade regime with UK.
• EU will analyse UK plans on tariff.
• EU Commission is determined to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland.
• EU wants to keep integrity of the EU single market.
• Iish backstop is the only solution now to preserve that.