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Re: [Updated] The UK’s future relationship with the EU
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Originally Posted by gba93
Then again .....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52208127
Brexit trade talks continuing in ‘difficult times’
Post-Brexit trade talks are continuing with the EU “in these difficult times”, according to the UK’s chief negotiator. David Frost said he and his EU counterpart, Michel Barnier, would decide a timetable for further discussions in April and May.
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Or have they?
From the same story, but in the Express
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Last week officials held daily phone calls as the EU and UK teams continued to clarify their counterparts positions, in areas such as fishing, mobility, trade and justice and home affairs.
Both teams are analysing draft free-trade agreements tabled almost three weeks ago, but there has been little sign of an immediate breakthrough.
A UK Government spokesman said: “David Frost and the EU’s deputy head of the task force, Clara Martinez Alberola, and their teams spoke by video conference to take stock of those discussions and to consider the next steps...
...A European Commission spokesman said: “Michel Barnier will speak with David Frost next week to agree a calendar for the next steps in order to move the negotiations forward, taking into account the coronavirus outbreak.”
Officials from both sides have so far failed to agree on a format for remote negotiations, with video conferencing still a favoured option, to be carried out successfully.
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How can they be carrying out negotiations, when they haven't agreed a format to have the negotiations?
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