Coronavirus: This week's Brexit talks cancelled - but no extension to deadline for trade deal

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Coronavirus: This week's Brexit talks cancelled - but no extension to deadline for trade deal
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The UK and EU negotiators will continue to consider alternative means of resuming talks, such as video conferencing.

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The UK still expects to share a draft free trade agreement, among other draft legal texts,"in the near future" as planned, the spokesperson said. They added:"In light of the latest guidance on coronavirus, we will not formally be convening negotiating work strands tomorrow in the way we did in the previous round.

"Both sides remain fully committed to the negotiations and we remain in regular contact with the European Commission to consider alternative ways to continue discussions, including looking at the possibility of video conferencing or conference calls, and exploring flexibility in the structure for the coming weeks.

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