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MNI BRIEF: Only Brexit Talks Deadline Dec. 31 - EU Source

The only real deadline for post-Brexit trade talks is the Dec. 31 end of the UK's transition agreement with the EU, a senior European official told MNI, adding that French insistence on strict enforcement of any deal on state aid were "more than reasonable."

Negotiators will not be bound by "artificial deadlines," the official said, after the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier reportedly said a deal must be found by Wednesday. But France is right to hold out for a tough line on enforcement, now that the EU has moved away from a proposal for UK rules to operate in "dynamic alignment" with Europe's internal market, the official said.

MNI Brussels Bureau | david.thomas.ext@marketnews.com
MNI Brussels Bureau | david.thomas.ext@marketnews.com

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