UK Welcomes France’s Postponement of Fishing Row Sanctions

UK Welcomes France’s Postponement of Fishing Row Sanctions
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets French President Emmanuel Macron as he arrives to attend the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 1, 2021. Christopher Furlong /pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Britain has welcomed France’s postponement of planned trade sanctions, as talks continue over a dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences.

France had earlier said that it would restrict cross-Channel trade from 2300 GMT on Monday in response to the UK’s alleged violation of the UK–EU pact on post-Brexit relations by rejecting dozens of applications by French fishermen to fish in British waters.