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Trade talks on Brexit remain bogged down on fishing, governance rules and dispute resolution because the European Union is asking too much, said British Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove.
Negotiators are trying to strike a trade deal to avoid a tumultuous end to the five-year Brexit crisis when Britain finally leaves the EU orbit in four weeks.
“The EU still wants to take most of the catch in our waters, which is not fair given that we are leaving the EU,” Gove told Sky.
Gove is the British government minister tasked with preparing a no-deal Brexit.
“The EU still wants us to be tied to its way of doing things,” Gove said.
“The EU is reserving the right at the moment if there is some kind of dispute, not to break everything, but to impose some really criminal and harsh restrictions on us and we don’t think it’s fair.”
A trade deal would not only safeguard trade but also strengthen peace in Northern Ireland, although disruptions are almost certain to occur at the busiest border points between the EU and the UK.
Failure to strike a deal would ruin borders, scare financial markets and disrupt delicate supply chains that stretch across Europe and beyond, just as the world is facing the enormous economic cost of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Gove also said there is a possibility that the Brexit trade talks will end without a deal, the nightmarish end of the five-year Brexit crisis.
“We have intensified the negotiation process, but it is important that the EU also lives up to its responsibilities,” Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Gove told ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
When asked if a no-deal was closer than anyone would admit, he said: “I think it is certainly true that there is a possibility that we will not get a negotiated outcome, so it is important that businesses prepare for all eventualities. But I want a deal and I think we can secure one. “
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