Following the 7th round of discussions held this week in Brussels, the draft post-Brexit trade agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom is becoming more...
Contrary to what had been announced the previous week on the British side (cf. BREXIT: still not agreed in sightThere has been no acceleration of negotiations between London and Brussels to find common ground and move forward on a post-Brexit trade agreement.
For the EU, the UK rejects difficult issues (fishing, governance, police cooperation, etc.) rather than addressing them as a priority.
To be in time and have a full legal agreement 1andJanuary 2021the terms should be fixed by the end of October, in two months.
As the European Union dreams of « fairplay » economic and commercial with standards and fair competition, London accuses it of making the discussions unnecessarily complicated.
But Brussels remains firm: there will be no access to the single market (« Cherry picking ») as long as the United Kingdom refuses to accept the rules of this market.
Next round of negotiations in London on September 7th...
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Source(s): The Echoes | Press conference europa.eu – The Tribune
Editor(s): C. TOZZI-BEDOUIN – D. CAMMARANO