The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson said in a statement issued on Monday that the country would leave the European Union (EU) without a deal if EU negotiators and his government could not reach a free trade agreement before October 15.
The Associated Press reports that Johnson’s office released a report on Sunday urging EU negotiators to “reconsider their current position”, while his top negotiator said the country would not heed demands that the body did not appear to be with other nations. With which the EU concludes trade agreements. .
“If we can’t agree until then, I don’t see a free trade agreement between us, and we should both accept it and move on,” Johnson said of the EU summit in mid-October.
His comments came on the same day as his top negotiator, David Frost, told the British tabloid that the UK “would not accept the level playing field provisions that bind us the way the EU does.”
The UK and the EU have been negotiating a free trade agreement for months after the UK withdrew from the body’s political structure in early 2020. The economic relationship currently maintained by the 11-month transition period is set to end in December. 31 31, after which the UK will leave the EU’s single market and customs union.
Leaving without deals could have a serious impact on the UK economy, with major backups on trading ports due to changes made by Brexit, as well as the UK’s border with Ireland, which was to remain open under certain conditions between the EU and the UK last year. Agreement.
“This would be a very intelligent way forward,” the Irish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
This would be a very sensible way to move forward. # Brexit .
https://t.co/D4aod2665h– Simon Coweni (@ SimonCoveni) September 6, 2020
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