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		</div><p>Boris Johnson has said that unless there is a “fundamental change of approach” from the EU, Britain is prepared to move to trading on World Trade Organisation rules when the Brexit transition period ends.<br />
The Prime Minister said this week’s EU summit in Brussels has made clear the EU is not prepared to offer the kind of Canada-style deal the UK is seeking.</p>
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<p>“They want the continued ability to control our destiny and freedom, our fisheries, in a way that is completely unacceptable,” he said.</p>
<p>“Given that this summit appears to explicitly rule out a Canada-style deal, I think that we should ready for January 1 with arrangements that are more like Australia’s.”<br />
Mr Johnson had previously said that if there was no agreement by the time of the two-day summit, which began on Thursday, he would walk away from the negotiating table.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister’s announcement came after the summit conclusions agreed on Thursday called on the UK to make the “necessary moves to make an agreement possible”.<br />
The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said he is ready to travel to London on Monday to continue the negotiations.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ðªðº-ð¬ð§ talks: the EU continues to work for a deal, but not at any price. </p>
<p>As planned, our negotiation team will go to London next week to intensify these negotiations.</p>
<p>&mdash; Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) <a href="https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1317067827518574593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Following Mr Johnson’s statement, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said that visit will still go ahead as planned.<br />
“The EU continues to work for a deal, but not at any price,” she tweeted.<br />
“As planned, our negotiation team will go to London next week to intensify these negotiations.”</p>
<p>Asked if he is now walking away from the negotiating table, Mr Johnson said: “What we are saying to them is, ‘Come here, come to us if there is some fundamental change of approach’.<br />
“Otherwise we are more than happy to talk about the practicalities that I described – social security issues, road haulage and so on.</p>
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<p>“But unless there is a fundamental change in approach, we are going to go for the Australia solution.<br />
“And we should do it with great confidence – as I said, high hearts and confidence because we can do it.”<br />
In the run up to the summit, both sides had acknowledged significant differences remained over the issues of future fishing rights and state aid rules.</p>
<p>However few in Brussels believe Mr Johnson will simply walk away from the negotiating table</p>
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