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The United Kingdom “will not change” its position towards the European Union (EU), today guaranteed a British negotiator, upon arrival in Brussels, for a new round of negotiations with the EU executive.
David Frost said that following Brexit (UK exit from the EU), which took place on January 31, the country regained control of its laws, trade and waters.
Last week, during the round of negotiations that took place in London, the British Minister Michael Gove confirmed, during a parliamentary intervention, that the negotiations between London and Brussels are blocked on precisely these three issues: competition, dispute resolution in the future deal and access EU fishermen in UK waters.
“This has been our consistent stance from the start and it will not change,” negotiator David Frost wrote on Twitter today, before meeting with European Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
As the mid-November deadline approaches, European Commission spokesman Daniel Ferrie announced last week that the EU executive is “working hard to reach an agreement”.
This new round of negotiations is considered one of the last opportunities to reach a commercial agreement between the two parties.
Mid-November is the deadline for reaching an agreement that must be ratified before it enters into force on 1 January 2021, the day on which the transition period will expire after the UK has formally abandoned the European bloc.
The leaders of the 27 EU member states have a virtual summit, scheduled for the 19th, to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic. For now, the Brexit issue is not on the agenda.
In a no deal scenario (no deal) until the end of the year, trade between the UK and the 27 EU member states is now governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization, with imposition, i.e., customs duties and import and export limits.
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