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Talks between the UK and the European Union on a post-Brexit trade deal will continue overnight, but London believes the current EU offer remains unacceptable, a British government source said on Saturday, Agerpres reports. .
“The talks continue overnight, but the EU offer on the table remains unacceptable,” the British source said according to Reuters. “The prime minister will do his best, but it is absolutely clear: any agreement must be fair and respect the fundamental position that the UK will be a sovereign nation in three weeks,” added the source.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed on Friday that the UK is very close to completing its secession from the EU in three weeks without an agreement.
Without a free trade agreement with Brussels before December 31, trade between London and the EU, its main partner, will take place in accordance with the rules of the World Trade Organization, synonymous with the imposition of tariffs and quotas. .
Editor: Luana Pavaluca