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EU Official: No Significant Progress In EU-UK FTA Talks, Reuters

EUROPEAN PRESS

Reuters reporting an unnamed EU official stating that no progress has been made on the major outstanding points of contention (level playing field, fisheries) in the talks between the EU and UK over an FTA, the latest round of which concluded this morning.

  • EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier expected to give a press conference at around 1100CET (1000BST, 0500ET), Link: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1
  • UK's chief negotiator David Frost likely to talk later in the morning.
  • No signficant progress was expected at this round of negotiations, with the September talks hinted by Frost as the potential time for a breakthrough.

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