Trade Relations After Brexit Still Address Important Issues

Trade Relations After Brexit Still Address Important Issues

Negotiations between Britain and the European Union (EU) on their future trade relations after Brexit still address a number of important issues. This was announced on Friday by a member of the British government, the Minister for Housing, Robert Jenrick. Jenrick also told the BBC that it was too early to say what would be the subject of a conversation between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which is scheduled for Saturday (October 3). The discussion will take place online, said von der Leyen spokesman Eric Mamer on the social network Twitter, according to which it will be an "inventory of negotiations and discussion of next steps". Negotiators from the European Union (EU) and Britain have still failed to overcome differences of opinion on corporate subsidies, dispute resolution and fisheries. However, the time for an agreement is shortened and, as a result, the pressure on both parties to close it increases and to avoid the risk of the imposition of duties from 1 January 2021. The current ninth round of talks this year, which is due to end on Friday morning, is the last scheduled. EU leaders will review progress at the regular summit on 15 and 16 October. The EU points out that the agreement must be available in early November so that the European Parliament and national parliaments have enough time to ratify it by the end of the year.