Britain had earlier threatened to walk away unless there was a major shift in Brussels’ approachEuropean and British negotiators will be in touch Monday to discuss the “structure” of post-Brexit trade talks, despite London’s threat on Friday to walk away unless there was a major shift in Brussels’ approach. An EU spokesman tweeted that chief negotiator Michel Barnier held video talks with his British counterpart David Frost on Friday after the results of European summit provoked an angry response in London. “As far as we’re concerned the trade talks are over,” Mr. Johnson’s official spokesman told reporters after an EU Summit on Thursday proposed a fresh round of talks next week in London, while demanding Britain give ground on key stumbling blocks. Mr. Johnson, accusing the bloc of failing “to negotiate seriously”, said the summit outcome had ruled out a comprehensive, Canada-style free trade agreement between the EU and Britain. But EU spokesman Daniel Ferrie later said that both negotiators “agreed to talk again on Monday to discuss the structure” of future talks.

Source: The Hindu October 17, 2020 17:15 UTC