EU official: Brexit talks on future trade relationship to begin next week - Bloomberg

Bloomberg quoted a European Union (EU) official on Friday, as saying that EU and UK officials will start talking next week for the first time on future trade talks after the UK leaves the bloc next year.

According to the official, the sessions will also cover the still unresolved issue of the Irish border and other parts of the divorce agreement that remain to be settled.

Meanwhile, both sides are aiming for the divorce deal to be settled by the end of October so there’s time for both parliaments to ratify it.