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28 Aug 2020
EU warning PM Johnson has less than two weeks to save post-Brexit trade talks – The Times
The UK Times has reported that Boris Johnson, the UK's PM, has been warned he has less than two weeks to save post-Brexit trade and security talks.
Key points
- Michel Barnier and David Frost, the UK's chief negotiator, will hold emergency talks next week in an effort to save the negotiations, The Times understands.
- Mr Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, told the government last week that negotiations will not move forward until Mr Frost explains what Britain's future policy will be on industrial subsidies.
- In an angry response, the prime minister's negotiator hit back, telling the French former European commissioner that Britain would not draw up such a key economic policy on a "timetable dictated to" by the EU.
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