The EU and the UK are starting their first post-Brexit trade talks on Monday, in what European ministers are expecting to be “complicated” negotiations. The United Kingdom left the European Union on January 31, but it is still subject to European law and rules at least until the end of the year, when the so-called “transition period” is due to end. During this period, both sides of the English Channel are meant to agree on a new trade relationship.
European ministers, who gathered in Brussels on Tuesday, said that they are ready to offer a “substantial, ambitious and wide-ranging partnership” to the UK The UK government published its negotiating mandate Thursday, where it said “that a Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement should be at its core” in upcoming talks. Negotiating teams will have a first round of discussions next week.
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