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Trade talks on Brexit are expected to resume today between Lord Frost and EU negotiator Michel Barnier after the UK blamed Brussels’ stubbornness for putting a ‘de facto end’ to negotiations early. of this month. And now, in a surprising twist, the fishermen have turned against the fresh president for his hard-line stance, as they fear Boris Johnson will walk away without a deal unless the EU backs down on his demands.
Macron is understood to be the driving force behind rigid EU fishing demands, while Germany’s Angela Merkel has remained stubborn behind state aid and a level playing field demands.
However, French fishermen believe such demands will come at a cost as talks between the UK and Brussels will resume today.
With Boris Johnson indicating that he is prepared for the UK to withdraw at the end of the transition period on December 31 without a deal, French fishermen fear losing access to British fishing waters entirely.
Dimitri Rogoff from the Normandy Regional Fisheries Committee said: “If there is no agreement, it will be absolute chaos.
“We will have to prevent our boats from going to sea as we will not be able to fish in British waters.”
Sophie Leroy, who owns four vessels, also told The Sun on Sunday: “If there is no agreement, we will not let a single British fish land in our French ports.
“We are not going to sacrifice our companies and let the British market their seafood here.”
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Update at 8:00 am: Withdrawal Agreement means UK will have worse EU trade conditions than Australia – new report
A new report has claimed that the UK will have worse trade conditions with the EU than Australia in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Boris’ plan to trade with the Brussels bloc over “Australia rules” under the terms of the World Trade Organization if no deal is reached may be doomed, according to a report by the Center for Brexit Policy.
It concludes that the legal guarantees the government has already given Brussels in the controversial withdrawal agreement mean that Johnson’s withdrawal option cannot be secured without a radical review of previous commitments.
The report The ‘Australia Deal’: Another Impossible Dream, highlights the damaging impact of the WA and the associated Northern Ireland Protocol (PIN) that was signed into law a year ago.
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