European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier resumed make-or-break Brexit talks with British counterpart David Frost in London yesterday with the clock ticking for a deal on future trading arrangements. It is the first time they have met face-to-face since Barnier went into self-isolation after a member of his team caught coronavirus. A failure to reach an agreement would see Britain and the EU trading on World Trade Organization terms, with tariffs immediately imposed on goods travelling to and from the continent. Britain has been largely trading on the same terms with the EU since it officially left the bloc in January as part of a transition agreement that expires at the end of the year.

Source: AFP