Major differences remain between Britain and the EU after the first round of trade talks, with ‘bad blood’ remaining
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warned on Thursday that major differences remain between Britain and the bloc after a first round of trade talks ended in Brussels.
“The British tell us that they still have these ambitions of high standards, but they do not want to translate these commitments into a common agreement,” Barnier said. Barnier said the December 31 deadline left an exceedingly tight time frame few see as feasible for anything but a bare-bones accord.The negotiations began on a bad foot following weeks of chest-thumping in which the UK insisted on regaining its sovereignty after 40 years of EU membership.
“The UK ... wishes to negotiate reciprocal access to British waters and European waters on an annual basis. I can say this as a former fisheries minister ... it’s not practicable,” Barnier said, the EU not negotiating annual rights with another northern neighbour, Norway. “There’s a hundred species or so. What we can do with Norway on five species simply isn’t possible for 100 species.”
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