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BRUSSELS The EU's top negotiator Michel Barnier expressed doubts Friday over Britain's new Brexit blueprint for future trade ties with the European Union, as he called for"rapidly"settling outstanding issues like the Irish border.
But Barnier also welcomed good points in London's fresh proposal, such as plans for a free trade agreement, after he discussed it Thursday with Britain's new Brexit negotiator Dominic Raab. Raab took up the job following a rebellion against Prime Minister Teresa May's Brexit proposal. But before talk of future ties, Barnier said the priority should be on clinching a Brexit divorce deal over the next weeks, with 20 percent of the so-called withdrawal agreement still to be achieved.
Britain is set to leave the bloc on March 30, but the two sides want to strike the divorce agreement by late October in order to give parliaments enough time to endorse a deal.
"On the future economic partnership, the white paper (blueprint) raises three sets of questions for which we are expecting answers,"Barnier told a press conference. (AFP)
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