EU’s Malmstrom hopes European Union will approve draft Brexit deal 

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Pro-EU protesters demonstrate against Brexit with flags outside the House of Parliament on November 13, 2018 in London, England. 

European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told CNBC on Wednesday she hopes that EU member states will approve the new draft Brexit deal that U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May secured among her senior ministers.

More than two years after Britain voted in a referendum to leave the EU, May told reporters late Wednesday London time that she had won over her divided cabinet.

— Reuters contributed to this report.