Britain's Prime Minister Negotiations on Free Trade Agreements with EU Concession Requests Uncertain Whereabouts October 17, 4:21
Regarding negotiations such as the difficult free trade agreement with the EU = European Union, British Prime Minister Johnson emphasized the position of seeking concessions from the EU side, leaving room for negotiations to continue.
As time runs out, both sides continue to seek concessions from each other, making negotiations even more uncertain.
After Britain left the EU in January, both sides entered a transition period to avoid sudden changes and continued negotiations such as free trade agreements, but the British side remained without closing the gap. The set 15-day negotiation deadline has passed.
The EU agreed to continue negotiations for the next few weeks at the summit on the 15th, urging the British side to make concessions.
In response, British Prime Minister Johnson issued a statement on the 16th and did not announce the termination of negotiations, but negotiations will not continue unless the EU fundamentally changes its attitude, and after the transition period ends at the end of the year He said he was ready to accept the situation of tariffs on trade between the two sides.
EU Chairman Von der Leyen posted on Twitter that the EU negotiation team will go to London next week as scheduled to accelerate negotiations, indicating that they will negotiate again from the beginning of the week.
However, as the time left for negotiations is getting smaller and smaller, the situation in which both sides seek concessions remains unchanged, and the future of negotiations is becoming more uncertain.