After a week of intense negotiations in London, UK and European Union negotiators have decided to pause the talks on post-Brexit trade, citing “significant divergences” between the two sides, with just four weeks left before the end of the transition period on Dec. 31.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Frost issued identical statements on Twitter on Friday evening, saying they had agreed that “the conditions for an agreement are not met, due to significant divergences on level playing field, governance and fisheries.”
