<p>European Union negotiators have signaled that they are willing to begin work on a joint legal text of a trade agreement with the UK, ahead of trade talks that resume on Tuesday, <em>The Times</em> reported on Tuesday.</p>.<p>EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is ready to begin work on a joint draft version of a free trade agreement, known as a "consolidated legal text", this week, the newspaper reported.</p>.<p>Barnier expects Britain's chief negotiator David Frost to provide more details of fishing quotas and the government's future subsidy policy, the <em>Times </em>report said, adding that EU has also backed away from a threat to suspend trade and security talks.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/eu-uk-trade-talks-resume-under-brexit-bill-cloud-894166.html" target="_blank">EU-UK trade talks resume under Brexit bill cloud</a></strong></p>.<p>Britain left the EU last January and is locked in negotiations on a new trade deal from 2021, as well as on implementing the divorce, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement, especially on the sensitive Irish border.</p>.<p>Trade talks resume in Brussels on Tuesday. Lasting until Friday morning and also due to cover energy links and transport, they are the final round of negotiations scheduled so far.</p>.<p>Brussels have dropped its demands for the two sides to reach a broad agreement on all the outstanding areas of dispute before drafting a final agreement and expects UK to engage in detailed discussions on post-Brexit fishing quotas and the government's future subsidy policy, the newspaper said.</p>
<p>European Union negotiators have signaled that they are willing to begin work on a joint legal text of a trade agreement with the UK, ahead of trade talks that resume on Tuesday, <em>The Times</em> reported on Tuesday.</p>.<p>EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is ready to begin work on a joint draft version of a free trade agreement, known as a "consolidated legal text", this week, the newspaper reported.</p>.<p>Barnier expects Britain's chief negotiator David Frost to provide more details of fishing quotas and the government's future subsidy policy, the <em>Times </em>report said, adding that EU has also backed away from a threat to suspend trade and security talks.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/eu-uk-trade-talks-resume-under-brexit-bill-cloud-894166.html" target="_blank">EU-UK trade talks resume under Brexit bill cloud</a></strong></p>.<p>Britain left the EU last January and is locked in negotiations on a new trade deal from 2021, as well as on implementing the divorce, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement, especially on the sensitive Irish border.</p>.<p>Trade talks resume in Brussels on Tuesday. Lasting until Friday morning and also due to cover energy links and transport, they are the final round of negotiations scheduled so far.</p>.<p>Brussels have dropped its demands for the two sides to reach a broad agreement on all the outstanding areas of dispute before drafting a final agreement and expects UK to engage in detailed discussions on post-Brexit fishing quotas and the government's future subsidy policy, the newspaper said.</p>