After deadlock in Brexit talks appeared to dash May’s hopes that a summit later this week could launch negotiations on future trade ties, the spokesman said May was hoping to move matters forward “in a constructive manner” on Monday night. Other EU governments insist they will only open trade talks if May tells them if and how she plans to pay an exit bill they put at tens of billions of euros. After talks with Davis last week, Barnier said negotiations were deadlocked, notably over London’s refusal to detail what it was offering to pay Brussels. As a result, Barnier told European Union leaders not to launch the talks on a future relationship that May has demanded. British officials say they cannot give a figure on the final bill until they know what kind of trade agreement will be sealed during the talks.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 16, 2017 15:11 UTC