Brexit Negotiator

The European Union’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Wednesday (20 May) that Britain was not automatically entitled to any benefits that the bloc had previously granted to other partners on trade. As the two sides attempt to negotiate a new post-Brexit trade and political partnership, London’s chief negotiator David…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMichael Gove says the EU wants access to UK fishing grounds, while restricting British access to its markets.A minister has accused the EU of holding up post-Brexit trade talks with its "ideological approach" as the UK publishes legal texts for negotiations. Michael…

GBP/USD is trading around the lowest in seven weeks. Brexit, speculation about BoE rates, and mismanagement of coronavirus are weighing, as FXStreet’s analyst Yohay Elam notes. Key quotes “Both EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Frost acknowledged difficulties in talks. Brussels wants the UK to agree…

GBP/USD registers six-day losing streak after the biggest weekly loss in eight. UK diplomats restart preparing for no-deal Brexit, EU’s Barnier said not to bargain values for the benefit of the British economy. BOE’s Haldane reports the central is examining unconventional monetary policy measures more urgently. Comments from the Fed’s…

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator - EPADavid Frost, Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator, has told Boris Johnson that Michel Barnier is “losing the argument” in UK-EU trade talks but negotiations could end in no deal.  Mr Frost briefed the Prime Minister that the EU must change its approach if there…

The UK and EU have exchanged jibes after the third round of Brexit trade talks ended with “little progress.” London accused Brussels of taking an “ideological approach,” but Michel Barnier claimed the UK was stuck in the 1970s. The UK’s chief negotiator, David Frost, released a statement after the two…

The EU and the UK's chief negotiators have both cast doubt on a free trade agreement being concluded by the end of this year, following the latest round of negotiations. In a statement, the UK's chief negotiator David Frost said very little progress has been made during a week of…

"We will not bargain away our values for the benefit of the British economy," EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told a news conference on Friday. Additional takeaways "The UK will have to become more realistic if it wants to progress in talks." "The UK cannot pick and chose the most attractive…

London and Brussels have "made very little progress towards agreement on the most significant outstanding issues between us", the UK's Brexit negotiator has said.David Frost issued the downbeat assessment at the end of the third round of talks on the future relationship between the two sides. EU negotiator Michel Barnier…

FILE PHOTO: Britain leaves EU on Brexit dayBy Gabriela Baczynska, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew MacAskillBRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union both demanded that the other side give ground in talks on a new post-Brexit trade deal or risk severe damage in tetchy exchanges after the latest bout of…