Regulatory Non‑Alignment as Sovereignty

Britain’s financial‑sector ambassador says the UK has moved away from aligning its financial rules with the EU and will instead seek regulatory cooperation with multiple jurisdictions that 'share its values.' This is a deliberate strategy of regulatory non‑alignment — using autonomous rule‑making as a tool of sovereign leverage rather than automatic harmonization with a single bloc. — If other states follow, regulatory non‑alignment will reshape global rule‑setting, equivalence regimes, financial passporting, and the geopolitical balance of market access.