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In the Brexit trade talks, Britain and the European Union are still separate, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson still does not want to leave, Business Secretary Alok Sharma said on Monday.
On Sunday, Britain and the EU agreed to go the extra mile” to try to reach an elusive trade agreement in the coming days, despite missing their most recent deadline to avoid a turbulent exit at the end of the month.
we are of course apart on certain matters but as the prime minister said, we don’t want to walk away from these talks,” Sharma said to Sky.
Companies expect us to go the extra mile in the UK, and that is exactly what we are doing.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Executive Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave negotiators a deadline on Sunday to find a way to resolve an impasse on arrangements that would ensure zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the EU single market for Britain.
They ordered negotiators to continue on Sunday, although Johnson sounded a downbeat note on breakthrough prospects.
