{"id":19244,"date":"2020-12-18T15:59:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T23:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19244"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:23:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T22:23:17","slug":"brexit-some-progress-more-gaps-as-uk-eu-race-to-lock-down-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/brexit-some-progress-more-gaps-as-uk-eu-race-to-lock-down-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: Some progress, more gaps as UK, EU race to lock down trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DW – December 18, 2020<\/p>\n

Leaders from Britain and the European Commission did not take an overly optimistic tone following talks late Thursday over a trade deal that would keep the UK from crashing out of a transition period with the EU without a deal in place.<\/p>\n

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said “substantial progress” had been made on several\u00a0issues, but fishing rights remained a point of contention<\/a>. At the same time, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that a no-deal outcome was becoming “very likely.”<\/p>\n

“We welcomed substantial progress on many issues. Yet big differences remain to be bridged, in particular on fisheries. Bridging them will be very challenging,” von der Leyen said following Thursday\u2019s talks, adding that negotiations will continue on Friday.<\/p>\n

With just days to go before the end-of-year deadline, Downing Street opted for a more pessimistic tone.<\/p>\n

“The prime minister repeated that little time was left,” a spokesman for the British PM said. “He said that, if no agreement could be reached, the UK and the EU would part as friends, with the UK trading with the EU on Australian-style terms.”<\/p>\n

Australia doesn\u2019t have a free trade deal with the bloc.<\/p>\n

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