EU and UK free trade agreement far apart, severe negotiations on February 26 at 6:38
The EU has announced that it will begin negotiations on future relations with Britain, which broke away last month, early next month, but the negotiations on free trade agreements and others are widespread, and severe negotiations are expected.
The EU held a ministerial meeting of Member States on Tuesday, and last month formally decided to delegate negotiations on future relations with the UK, which had left the EU, to the "European Commission", the EU's executive body.
The EU is now ready for negotiations with the UK and has announced that it will begin consultations in Brussels on February 2.
In the negotiations on free trade agreements, the EU will not impose any tariffs or quotas, but will also require that the two sides accept the same level of regulation to ensure fair competition between the two sides.
EU chief negotiator Barnier said in a press conference on Tuesday that the EU would not conclude anything, saying that the EU would not make any easy concessions and overwhelmed the British side.
In response, the UK plans to announce its negotiations this week on 27th, but Johnson has so far emphasized that "we are not bound by EU regulations."
The gap between the two sides is large, and the time left for negotiations is expected to be severe by the end of the year when the “transition period” to avoid sudden changes after the withdrawal ends.