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4/27/2021 * EU ratification expected to be completed this week (Adds Barnier, details on expected ratification) By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, April 27 (Reuters) - EU lawmakers kicked off a last debate on Tuesday on the post-Brexit trade agreement between the European Union and Britain, ahead of a vote that is expected to give the accord overwhelming approval. That vote will be the final step towards ratification of the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement, struck in December after more than four years of acrimonious negotiations and lingering mistrust as Britain ended 47 years of EU members...

12/20/2020 (Adds Barnier) LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should budge to open the way to a new, post-Brexit trade pact, drawing a swift response from the bloc's negotiator defending the union's right to protect its interests. With less than two weeks before Britain leaves the EU's orbit, both sides are calling on the other to move to secure a deal and safeguard almost a trillion dollars worth of annual trade from tariffs and quotas. Talks to reach a trade deal have been largely hamstrung over two issues - the bloc's fishing rights in British wate...

12/13/2020 * No breakthrough on fair competition, fisheries, EU sources * Leaders to "go extra mile" with just days to go (Adds Barnier to brief ambassadors on Monday) By Kate Abnett and Costas Pitas BRUSSELS/LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to "go the extra mile" in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent exit for Britain from the European Union's orbit at the end of the month. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the president of the EU's executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen ha...