Foreign secretary James Cleverly meeting EC’s Maroš Šefčovič on Monday for second time in week
The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, and the European Commission’s vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, are to meet for the second time in a week as part of a renewed push to end the dispute over Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
but not in the rest of the UK. There have also been reports that the two sides could announce a framework agreement committing to an intensification of talks on trade matters. Informed sources said there was still “a long way to go” even on trade issues, despite a deal last Monday to give theon goods travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
The UK has proposed a “green channel” with no checks or paperwork on trucks carrying goods for supermarkets, arguing a robust trusted trader scheme combined with market surveillance and hefty fines for smugglers is sufficient.
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