The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the European Union three months to make up its mind on trade deals as negotiations continue in Brussel.
According to reports, Mr Johnson does not want the negotiation to pass September as it will leave businesses with little time to get ready for the end of the transition period in December.
This comes on the heel of Downing Street confirmation that the Brexit negotiator Mr Frost will take on his new role as the PM’s National Security adviser at the end of August.
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His role as a negotiator will remain intact, however, Mr Frost has reportedly assured that Brexit negotiation will remain his top priority.
According to Express reports, a spokesperson for Boris Johnson has said that Mr Frost’s position might overlap but will be for a short period.
The spokesman also revealed how Mr Johnson is trying to avoid talks exceeding September.
The deadline for for extending talks ends on Monday, a position that is putting Mr Johnson in a tight deadline.
The country is ready to leave the EU on January 1, but the trade deal has remained unresolved.
If the UK leaves the EU with no deal, it means that both sides would levy a tax on each other’s goods.
This is the first time a face to face talk has taken place since lockdown.
The new deadline was set after Mr Frost went to Brussel to reopen a face-to-face negotiation.
Mr Frost had tweeted last week that “These meetings will be smaller and focused on seeing whether we can begin to make genuine and rapid progress towards an agreement.
“We will go to Brussel’s in good faith to engage with EU’s concerns.
“This need to be a real negotiation and some of the EU’s unrealistic positions will have to change if we are to move forward.
“We have noted carefully what the EU has said in recent days on this subject and look forward to discussing it.”
He continued “I want to be clear that the Government will not agree to ideas like that one currently giving the EU a new right to retaliate with tariffs if we chose to make laws suiting our interests.
“We could not leave ourselves open to such unforeseeable economic risk”
Both parties have agreed to a weekly talk throughout July as the negotiation continues.
The EU officials are expected to arrive in London next week in continuation of the negotiations.
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