BRUSSELS – BRUSSELS (AP) — With the deadline for a possible extension of the Brexit transition period looming, a fourth round of talks on a future trade deal between the European Union and the U.K.
ended Friday without result. Following four days of video discussions between officials from the two teams of negotiators, the sides remained at loggerheads on many topics, including on regulations for businesses.
Their positions on fisheries remain distant, with the U.K. opposed to EU demands for long-term access to British waters. “There was no significant progress this week," the EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said during a press conference.