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Brexit: UK-EU trade progress ‘needed in coming days’

Brexit: UK-EU trade progress ‘needed in coming days’
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Image caption Micheál Martin (L) and Charles Michel (R) met for talks in Dublin on Thursday.

The UK needs to take “significant steps” in the coming days to secure a trade deal with the EU, the European Council president has said.

Charles Michel said talks were approaching a “moment of truth” ahead of a crucial EU summit next week.

Taoiseach, or Irish PM, Micheál Martin said “movement” was required before “end-state negotiations” could begin.

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is due to meet his UK counterpart for informal talks on Friday.

The UK’s post-Brexit transition period, during which the trading relationship between the two sides has remained the same, is due to end in December.

PM Boris Johnson has previously said both sides should “move on” if a deal cannot be agreed between them by the time of the EU leaders’ summit, which begins on 15 October.

Speaking after meeting Mr Martin in Dublin, Mr Michel said some progress in talks had been made recently in areas such as energy policy and the trade in goods.

But he added the UK side needed to take “significant steps” in other areas, such as fishing rights and so-called state aid rules limiting government support for businesses.

“The coming days are crucial,” he added.

Asked whether he was more optimistic a deal could be reached, Mr Martin said “the mood appears to have changed, and there’s been more intensified engagement”.

“But mood is one thing, it does need substance to follow the mood,” he added.

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‘Steady optimism’

The meeting between the pair comes after UK chief negotiator Lord David Frost said an agreement remained “some way away” on Wednesday.

He told a House of Lords Committee the UK would “very much prefer” to reach a deal, but would “prosper” regardless of whether one is struck.

He told peers “more constructive discussions” had taken place recently on state aid rules, which has been a major flashpoint in the talks so far.

“I feel we’re some way from a deal if I’m honest, but we are at least having a decent discussion of this,” he added.


Speaking at the same committee, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said the negotiations gave him “cause for steady optimism”.

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