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UK negotiator in Brexit talks at EU HQ

Today is the deadline to decide if a deal is close at hand

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 13 Dec 2020 4:22PM

UK negotiator in Brexit talks at EU HQ
British and EU negotiators are meeting in European Commission headquarters to decide if Brexit deal talks will be abandoned. – AFP pic, December 13, 2020

BRUSSELS – British negotiator David Frost arrived at European Commission headquarters to see his EU counterpart Michel Barnier today, which is the deadline for post-Brexit trade talks to make progress or fail.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were due to talk by phone later in the day, to decide whether a deal is close or whether the talks should now be abandoned. – AFP, December 13, 2020

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