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First round of Brexit trade talks end with ‘serious’ differences, warns Barnier Brexit Negotiator

First round of Brexit trade talks end with ‘serious’ differences, warns Barnier

It took three difficult years before the EU and the UK managed to agree on a Brexit divorce deal. It looks like post-Brexit trade talks between the two might prove just as challenging. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, warned of "serious divergences" in expectations between the EU and…
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March 5, 2020
EU’s Hogan Upbeat on Brexit Talks After Opening ‘Argy-Bargy’ Brexit Negotiator

EU’s Hogan Upbeat on Brexit Talks After Opening ‘Argy-Bargy’

(Bloomberg) -- The mood in talks between the European Union and the U.K. is improving after some initial “argy-bargy,” the bloc’s Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said.Boris Johnson’s government is showing an increasing sense of “realism” in negotiations, Hogan told reporters in Dublin on Thursday.“The mood music was better than expected,”…
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March 5, 2020
Brexit: Pawing and Snorting Brexit Negotiator

Brexit: Pawing and Snorting

Coronavirus has so eaten other news that even Richard North’s EU Referendum website’s two most recent pieces are about the Government’s too-obvious lack of preparedness, although North does get some Brexit digs in. Nevertheless, it’s been too long since this site and its estimable Brexit mavens have had a look,…
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March 4, 2020
Britain’s Brexit negotiator goes to work on an egg as first round of talks takes place in Brussels Brexit Negotiator

Britain’s Brexit negotiator goes to work on an egg as first round of talks takes place in Brussels

David Frost enjoyed a full English with eggs and bacon before meeting his European Commission counterpart, Michel Barnier Britain's chief negotiator and his top team were served a full English breakfast ahead of the first day of tough trade talks with Brussels on the future UK-EU relationship after Brexit.  David…
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March 2, 2020