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1. This is not correct by @BBCRosAtkins


2. Firstly, the EU shared rules in the deal they did with Canada, they just did it in a different way.

3. Canada were required to sign up to several car regulations in UNECE.

4. The EU has, at minimum, 48% of the vote on any one of those regulations. With CETA, Canada agreed to share rules where it can be outvoted, and most likely will be.

5. The alignment the EU is proposing for the UK is different. It's based on dynamic alignment which is about approximating rules.