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This Article is From Feb 03, 2020

EU-U.K. Fishing and Trade Talks Can’t Be Separated: Barnier

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The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said fishing talks won't be separated from the overall trade discussion between the bloc and the U.K.

“There will be two conditions which will be very clear in this trade agreement: we want an agreement on fisheries, which will be difficult, on reciprocal access to waters and markets for British and French fishermen and at the same time, in this trade agreement, we want an agreement on a level playing field,” he said on Sunday on LCI television.

Read More: What Brexit Did and Didn't Change on Jan. 31: QuickTake

The EU are entering talks with the U.K. on their future dealings, from trade to data sharing, fishing rights, and security co-operation. The new deadline is Dec. 31 -- ambitious given that such deals usually take years to hammer out.

To contact the reporter on this story: Helene Fouquet in Paris at hfouquet1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Giles Turner at gturner35@bloomberg.net, James Ludden, Andrew Davis

©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

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