“Two conditions are not met yet," he said as he entered a meeting to brief the 27 EU nations on progress in the talks. On fisheries, Barnier demanded “an agreement that guarantees a reciprocal, I insist, reciprocal access to markets and waters." It highlighted that just as EU fishermen crave to continue working in British waters, the U.K. seafood industry is extremely dependent on exports into the 27-nation bloc. Johnson has made fisheries and U.K. control over its waters a key demand in the long saga of leaving the EU. ———Follow all AP stories on the Brexit trade talks at https://apnews.com/BrexitJ

Source: ABC News December 14, 2020 09:31 UTC