Britain, France Again at Loggerheads Over Easing Fishing Dispute

Britain, France Again at Loggerheads Over Easing Fishing Dispute
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron look on in front of the Trevi Fountain during the G20 summit in Rome, on Oct. 31, 2021. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
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ROME—Britain and France clashed again over a post-Brexit fishing dispute on Oct. 31, with London calling on Paris to withdraw its threats and rejecting assertions that there had been any agreement to try to cool an argument that could ultimately hurt trade.

The two sides painted different pictures of a meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Rome, and there was little sign of the dispute being resolved.