
Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to prioritize UK trade deal post-Brexit: Financial Times
The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has told EU politicians he will make Britain's new trade deal with the EU a priority after Brexit, the Financial Times reported here citing people briefed on a closed-door meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

In the meeting, while addressing members of the European Parliament, Barnier said the 11 months from Britain’s planned EU exit on Jan. 31 until the end of its transition period would normally not be enough to negotiate a trade agreement, the newspaper reported.
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