Post-Brexit trade talks to resume on Monday

London, Dec 21 : Post-Brexit trade talks between negotiators from the UK and the European Union (EU) will resume on Monday in an effort reach an agreement on a deal before the transition period expires on December 31.
The resumption will come a day after EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and his UK counterpart David Frost met in Brussels on Sunday, but key issues remained unresolved, reports the BBC.
Following his meeting with Frost, Barnier said the negotiations were at a “crucial moment”, but any agreement must be “balanced and reciprocal”.
“We respect the sovereignty of the UK and we expect the same. Both the EU and Britain must have the right to set their own laws and control their own waters.
“And we should both be able to act when our interests are at stake,” he tweeted.
David McAllister, a German MEP and chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said the European Parliament will not be in a position to grant consent to an agreement this year, as a deal was not reached by midnight on Sunday.