Brexit: Face-to-face trade talks between UK and EU begin in Brussels
- where the UK continues to follow some EU rules while a trade deal is negotiated - past the end of 2020 if an agreement has not been reached.
Both sides have accepted a deal would need to be in place by October to be ratified by the end of the year.Media playback is unsupported on your deviceSpeaking earlier this month, the PM said the EU and UK were “not actually that far apart” Ahead of the latest round of talks, Mr Frost said the EU's"unrealistic positions" would need to change if there was to be any progress.
Despite the rhetoric about racing for a summer deal, an autumn timeline may be more comfortable for Boris Johnson.But compromises may be easier for the PM to make in the autumn, with the clock ticking down to a potential no-deal - which much of UK industry and many MPs would oppose.
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