Michel Barnier says post-Brexit trade deal talks with Lord Frost have been ‘paused’

Still no deal! Michel Barnier says post-Brexit trade deal talks with Lord Frost have been ‘paused’ after a week of ‘intense negotiations’ in London

Michel Barnier has said he and Lord Frost have agreed to ‘pause’ talks on a post-Brexit trade deal while they brief their principals on the state of play of the negotiations.

Michel Barnier said that after a week of ‘intense negotiations’ in London, he and Lord Frost had agreed ‘the conditions for an agreement are not met, due to significant divergences on level playing field, governance and fisheries’.

‘We agreed to pause the talks in order to brief our Principals on the state of play of the negotiations,’ he tweeted. 

‘President @vonderleyen and Prime Minister Johnson will discuss the state of play tomorrow afternoon.’

Michel Barnier has said he and Lord Frost have agreed to ‘pause’ talks on a post-Brexit trade deal while they brief their principals on the state of play of the negotiations