Ireland's EU commissioner Phil Hogan has said British consumers will expect the UK to sign up to the EU’s labour, environmental and food standards as part of a free trade agreement for which he will be chief negotiator next year. Giving an upbeat prediction of how quickly the trade negotiations could be concluded, Mr Hogan, the EU Trade Commmissioner-designate, said the EU would be ready to go "before St Patrick’s Day" next year,. However he said the UK would have to decide early on in the negotiations which EU rules they were prepared to sign up to. Speaking to RTÉ...