
What are the remaining issues blocking a Brexit deal?
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Officials on both sides of Brexit trade negotiations complain that there's been little progress in recent weeks, despite a pledge to intensify talks. While it briefly looked like both sides might be coming to some accommodation on this question, it's reared its head again after Boris Johnson's decision to try and overwrite last year's withdrawal agreement. What's so difficult here is that the technical terms like “relative stability” and “total allowance catch” are really a smokescreen for one question: who gets more fish and who gets less.
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