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A UK government spokesman has confirmed that talks to agree a UK-EU trade deal have been put on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Negotiating teams, led by David Frost and Michel Barnier, were due resume talks on 18 March, but a statement said that the meeting will not go ahead ‘in the way we did in the previous round’.
It said: “Both sides remain fully committed to the negotiations and we remain in regular contact with the European Commission to consider alternative ways to continue discussions, including looking at the possibility of video conferencing or conference calls, and exploring flexibility in the structure in the coming weeks. We expect to share a draft FTA (Free Trade Agreement) alongside the draft legal texts of a number of the standalone agreements in the near future still, as planned."
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has told MPs that the Brexit transition period will not be extended due to the outbreak.
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