Johnson, EU chief to hold emergency call as Brexit talks paused

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Brussels, Belgium — British and European negotiators broke off their talks on a post-Brexit trade deal without agreement Friday and handed off the task of clearing the logjam to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.

The leaders will hold a telephone call on Saturday after their envoys Michel Barnier and David Frost broke up after an arduous week of day and night meetings without a breakthrough.

“We agreed today that the conditions for an agreement are not met, due to significant divergences on level playing field, governance, and fisheries,” the EU’s Barnier and UK’s Frost said, in a tweeted joint statement.

“We agreed to pause the talks in order to b…

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