Brexit: PM and EU chief agree importance of finding trade deal

Brexit: PM and EU chief agree importance of finding trade deal

From bbc.co.uk

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have "agreed the importance" of finding a post-Brexit trade deal, Downing Street has said. They agreed progress has been made in talks between the EU and UK but "significant gaps" remain, No 10 said. Both have instructed their chief negotiators to "work intensively" in order to try to bridge those gaps. Negotiations between the UK and EU broke up on Friday without agreement. Both sides are calling on the other to compromise on key issues, including fishing and government subsidies. Mr Johnson and Mrs von der Leyen spoke during a phone ... (full story)

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Oct 4, 2020 2:36am Oct 4, 2020 2:36am

atillaken
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Always like this... Now GBP will gain power again against USD... But why always weekend news...

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Oct 4, 2020 4:07am Oct 4, 2020 4:07am

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“PM and EU chief agreed to talk” means that they could not agree on a deal. So beside the optimism which never kieved up to the expectation, what else makes this news a good news for GBP?

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Edited 6:57am Oct 4, 2020 6:35am | Edited 6:57am

RossEdwards
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Bottom line ..?
The exchange solved NOTHING. Simply clarified.
Von der Leyen spelled out EUs unchanging redline realities to BJ which hes been told for 3 fking years.. and arent going to change and Boris blustered and obfuscated and end result ..it was all a total waste of time.
Only for EU that laid down from highest level, another clear marker to UK that EU are fully united on this have a lot more pressing issues to deal with apart from BJ Gov shenanigans, and if UK want to risk economic suicide.. and poison the relationship with its 30 closest neighbors any further.. good luck with that.. and.finally that trying to sidestep Barnier is a waste of time.

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Oct 4, 2020 8:45am Oct 4, 2020 8:45am

Rahmandorai
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Britain needs to the deal more than EU . Covid -19 and economic crises will push them to that .

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