Britain links EU divorce bill to deal on new trading relationship

176 views · Published 26 September 2017 · 0:45 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: CGTN · 2017 · News & Politics

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Britain will honor its financial commitments made during its membership of the European Union after it leaves the EU, but that deal must be linked to an agreement on future economic ties, Britain's chief Brexit negotiator, David Davis said.

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier made clear, however, he saw the sequence differently. Britain and the EU would first have to agree on citizens' rights, a financial settlement and the relationship between Ireland and Northern Ireland before a future EU-UK relationship can be discussed.

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