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Both sides are in the midst of a standoff on several key issues including fishing rights and the authority of high courts in future disputes.pandemic has slowed down these discussions, with negotiating sessions being held on video calls because of travel restrictions,A third negotiation session is drawing to a close on Friday at the European Parliament in Brussels, but just over 100 days after the official exit of the UK from the EU, there are still fundamental gaps.
‘Undoubtedly, we are in a not easy situation, and [EU chief negotiator] Michel Barnier has made very clear that we need to see tangible progress in the next weeks.’ In London, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesperson James Slack insisted that ‘the EU has asked for far more from the UK’ than other countries the EU has trade deals with.Mr Slack said the cabinet had agreed the UK would not give in to demands ‘to give up our rights as a sovereign state’.
The PM has vowed the ‘transition period’, under which the UK remains in the EU’s economic and regulatory orbit, should be completed by December 31 this year.
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