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| Brexit: UK to publish more EU negotiation plans | Brexit: UK to publish more EU negotiation plans |
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| The UK government is to publish more details of its Brexit negotiating strategy before addressing the key issue of the role of European courts. | The UK government is to publish more details of its Brexit negotiating strategy before addressing the key issue of the role of European courts. |
| Two papers - on goods being traded on the day the UK leaves and on information sharing - are due later. | Two papers - on goods being traded on the day the UK leaves and on information sharing - are due later. |
| More papers - including one on the sticking point of the European Court of Justice - will appear during the week. | More papers - including one on the sticking point of the European Court of Justice - will appear during the week. |
| The Brexit department says it wants to keep pressure on the EU ahead of the next round of talks. | The Brexit department says it wants to keep pressure on the EU ahead of the next round of talks. |
| Brexit Secretary David Davis promised "imaginative and creative solutions", with the UK trying to persuade the EU to move the talks on from their initial phase. | |
| Brussels is refusing to discuss future arrangements like trade until citizens' rights, the UK's "divorce bill" and the Northern Ireland border have been settled. | Brussels is refusing to discuss future arrangements like trade until citizens' rights, the UK's "divorce bill" and the Northern Ireland border have been settled. |
| EU leaders reiterated their stance last week as the UK published proposals about new customs arrangements. | |
| Mr Davis said the latest batch of publications would "drive the talks forward" and "show beyond doubt" that enough progress had been made to move to the next stage of talks. | Mr Davis said the latest batch of publications would "drive the talks forward" and "show beyond doubt" that enough progress had been made to move to the next stage of talks. |
| But speaking to The Guardian, Slovenian prime minister Miro Cerar said the initial phase was proving more complex than expected, meaning it would take longer than planned to move onto the trade talks. | But speaking to The Guardian, Slovenian prime minister Miro Cerar said the initial phase was proving more complex than expected, meaning it would take longer than planned to move onto the trade talks. |
| "There are so many difficult topics on the table, difficult issues there, that one cannot expect all those issues will be solved according to the schedule made in the first place," he said. | "There are so many difficult topics on the table, difficult issues there, that one cannot expect all those issues will be solved according to the schedule made in the first place," he said. |
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| Monday's publications will urge the EU to widen its "narrow" definition of the availability of goods on the market to also include services, arguing this is the only way to protect consumers and businesses trading before Brexit. | Monday's publications will urge the EU to widen its "narrow" definition of the availability of goods on the market to also include services, arguing this is the only way to protect consumers and businesses trading before Brexit. |
| The UK will also look to ensure official documents exchanged with the EU and its member states are protected. | The UK will also look to ensure official documents exchanged with the EU and its member states are protected. |
| The most contentious of the week's publications is expected to be about "enforcement and dispute resolution" as it tackles the question of the UK's future relationship with the European Court of Justice. | |
| Theresa May has promised the UK will leave the jurisdiction of the EU court, with the government saying Parliament will "take back control" of its laws. | |
| But the EU has insisted the ECJ must have a role in enforcing citizens' rights, and how to enforce any future trade deal has yet to be agreed. | |
| Other papers expected this week will look at how to maintain the exchange of data with other European countries and future "co-operation" between the different legal systems. |