EU and Britain far apart as key week of Brexit talks begins

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) - The European Union and Britain both said a post-Brexit deal was still some way off as they began a decisive week of talks in Brussels. Britain left the EU last January and is locked in negotiations on a new trade deal from 2021, as well as on implementing its divorce agreement with the bloc. EU national leaders are scheduled to assess the state of play at a summit next month, with a no-deal Brexit still possible. Negotiations have stumbled over fisheries, fair competition and settling disputes, and Brexit talks descended into chaos this month when London proposed draft laws that would undermine its earlier EU divorce bill. Britain's Brexit supremo Michael Gove held talks with Maros Sefcovic, a deputy head of the bloc's executive Commission, on Monday (Sept 28). "The UK's positions are far apart from what the EU can accept. I have repeated the EU's request to withdraw the contentious part of the draft Internal Markets Bill by the end of September," Sefcovic told a news conference. "We maintain that the bill, if adopted in its current form, would constitute an extremely serious violation of ... To keep reading about EU and Britain far apart as key week of Brexit talks begins, Click on the link. Seoul, Korea
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