British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet announced today that negotiations between London and Brussels on a trade agreement have ended.
Johnson's spokesman, James Slack, said that yesterday the EU "essentially ended the negotiations by declaring at the summit in Brussels that there will be no deal unless Great Britain fundamentally changes its position".
Earlier today, Johnson said that Great Britain must prepare to leave the EU without a trade agreement if there is no fundamental change in the position of the 27-nation bloc.
The deadline for reaching an agreement is the end of the year, and the two sides continue to accuse each other of the failure of negotiations.
Johnson accused the EU of refusing to offer Britain a trade deal like it has with Canada, which London wants.
The EU's chief negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier, said yesterday that trade negotiations between Brussels and London will continue even after the deadline set by Johnson. That deadline expired yesterday.
EU leaders insist they still want a deal, but European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said they don't "at any cost". She said yesterday that Barnije will go to London next week "to intensify the negotiations".
Great Britain left the EU on January 31.
The so-called transition period expires on January 1, and any trade agreement would have to be adopted by the parliaments before the end of the year.
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