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Brexit negotiators meet as EU says it will discuss transition period extension due to coronavirus
David Frost and Michel Barnier, the UK and EU top Brexit officials, will hold a video call on Wednesday (15th) to finalise large-scale negotiations.
The EU would negotiate an extension to the Brexit transitions period because of the coronavirus pandemic, the European Commission said on Tuesday before a meeting of both sides' chief negotiators on Wednesday.
David Frost and Michel Barnier, the UK and EU top Brexit officials, will hold a video conference call to finalise arrangements for large-scale trade negotiations to take place over the internet next week.
That would involve up to 11 separate groups of negotiators holding simultaneous talks over video conferencing software on areas from trade in goods and the "level playing field" demanded by the EU, to fishing and law enforcement.
Each group could involve up to four officials on each side, which would be a major undertaking, but the expectation in Brussels is that a British extension request must eventually come. Unless they are extended, the trade negotiations must be finalised by the end of 2020....
Länk/Källa: The Telegraph