see url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53854730
Meanwhile Boris is living it up in a tent up in Scotland on an estate
which is costing him £3500 a week, plus security...Let's hope he doesn't
get put into lockup...I mean lockdown...;-)
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A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU "seems unlikely" at
this stage, the bloc's negotiator has said.
Speaking after the latest round of talks, Michel Barnier said he was
"disappointed" and "concerned".
His UK counterpart David Frost spoke of "little progress", amid
differences on fisheries policy and state aid rules.
The EU has said it would like to agree a deal by October so it can be
approved by the European Parliament before the post-Brexit transition
period expires.
The transition period ends on 31 December and, if a deal has not been
secured by then, the UK would have to trade with the EU on WTO (World
Trade Organization) terms.
This means most UK goods would be subject to tariffs until a free trade
deal was ready to be brought in.
The UK has said it will not extend talks if an agreement cannot be
reached by the December deadline.
UK-EU trade deal some way off, both sides say
What are the sticking points in the trade talks?
The EU and UK are locked in last-minute power play
In a statement released after the seventh round of talks, Mr Frost said
the EU had made it "unnecessarily difficult" to make progress by
insisting that differences over state aid and fisheries have to be
resolved before "substantive work can be done in any other area of the
negotiation, including on legal texts".
'Sovereign control'
In a bid to break the deadlock, the UK has presented the EU with a draft
legal text for a free-trade agreement.
Mr Frost, who reports directly to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said the
UK was seeking a deal which "ensures we regain sovereign control of our
own laws, borders, and waters".
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