Path to UK trade pact is narrow but there, says Ursula von der Leyen
EU chief says non-regression clause agreed in trade talks but discussions on access to UK fishing waters for EU vessels are still very difficult
16 December 2020 - 21:18
Brussels — Britain and the EU have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed, the bloc's chief executive said on Wednesday.
Britain and the EU are in the final stretch of talks to keep an estimated $1-trillion of annual trade free of tariffs and quotas beyond December 31, when the UK finally transitions out of the world's largest trading bloc...
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