Britain's separation talks with the European Union resume Monday with few signs of compromise on a new trade agreement and time running out to avoid a messy
will host EU negotiator Michel Barnier after a round of face-to-face talks ended a day early last week in Brussels because of deep divides in the sides' approach.His UK counterpart David Frost said there were"significant differences" that meant the sides were still searching for basic"principles underlying an agreement".
Britain followed through on the results of a 2016 EU membership referendum and officially pulled out of the bloc in January after nearly half a century. British businesses fear that possibility and want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to give them guidance as soon as possible about whether a trade deal is feasible or not.
But EU officials feel much less pressure to strike a quick agreement and are suggesting that one could still be done by late October.Brussels has shrugged off Johnson's repeated threats to walk away and accept very distant relations with the bloc that complicated trade but gave Britain broader independence.refuses to accept jurisdiction over trade disputes by the European Court of Justice and wants a much bigger part of fishing waters it now shares with the bloc.
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