Difficult negotiations ahead as UK exits EU while trying to preserve links with its biggest trading partner
A member of protocol removes the Union flag from the atrium of the Europa building in Brussels, January 31, 2020.
There are difficult negotiations ahead as the UK goes its own way while trying to preserve links with its biggest trading partner, covering everything from tariffs and product standards to British industry's ability to recruit foreign workers and the EU's access to UK fishing grounds. “Never has France or the French people – or, I think it is fair to say, any European people – been driven by a desire for revenge or punishment,” he said.Hotel and restaurant owners say they need to maintain the existing supply of workers from the continent to ensure rooms are cleaned and dinners are prepared. Car-makers want to preserve prompt deliveries from European suppliers to avoid manufacturing delays.
Johnson's top trade prize outside the EU is the United States, the world's biggest economy and the destination for 18% of British exports.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in London last week warning of security concerns linked to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and pressuring British officials to overturn their decision to let the company take part in upgrading the country's wireless network.
Trade negotiations, which are always complex, will be even more complicated because simultaneous negotiations will be taking place with both the EU and the US, think tank researcher Rutter said.Even the most difficult issue settled during the first round of negotiations between the EU and the British government — the knotty question of Northern Ireland — remains problematic.
As complicated as this sounds, the details of exactly how the arrangement will work haven't been finalised.
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