Brexit Talks Enter Decisive Phase With Johnson Speaking to EU
- Officials say call signals neither breakthrough nor breakdown
- Negotiations still stuck over fish, governance, regulation
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Boris Johnson will fire the starting gun on a critical week in the U.K.’s trade talks with the European Union on Saturday when he speaks with the bloc’s top official amid warnings from both sides that huge differences remain.
With just over a week left to seal an agreement, the British prime minister and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will attempt to plot a way forward for negotiators.