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Diplomat says talks remain deadlocked as EU, British negotiators haggle over fishing rights
Orange and green lanes - part of new Customs infrastructure in the event of a no-deal Brexit - marked out for entry into France and the EU at the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles, France, on Friday. Talks to reach a trade deal are still ongoing between British and EU negotiators, but disruption is inevitable whether a deal happens or not. PHOTO: REUTERS
PublishedDec 20, 2020, 5:00 am SGT
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BRUSSELS: EU and UK negotiators pressed on with talks on Saturday with no sign of them breaking an impasse over post-Brexit fishing rights in time to save a trade deal.
Fishing is now the main obstacle to any pact that could be in place on Jan. 1 to prevent an economic jolt on both sides of the Channel as Britain leaves the single market.
“It remains very blocked,” one EU diplomat told AFP.
Another said Brussels had made Britain its last offer on fishing access and it was down now to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to decide whether he wants a deal.
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Turkey on Friday dismissed as "biased" and "unlawful" an EU move to draw up a list of Turkish targets for sanctions in response to Ankara's drilling activities in the Mediterranean. Turkey is at loggerheads with EU members Greece and Cyprus over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Ankara has been challenging Athens over maritime territory in the region by repeatedly sending a gas exploration vessel into disputed waters.