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		</div><p>Brexit Secretary David Davis is insisting he is a &#8220;determined optimist&#8221; after a bruising week of EU withdrawal negotiations in Brussels.</p>
<p>Mr Davis will use a keynote address in Washington DC on Friday to stress the UK can secure a good divorce deal from the EU and will not turn isolationist after Brexit.</p>
<p>Striking an upbeat note on the outcome of fraught negotiations on Brexit, Mr Davis will tell an audience in the US capital: &#8220;I am a determined optimist. &#8220;Because I fundamentally believe that a good deal is in the interests of both the UK and the EU and the whole of the developed world.&#8221;</p>
<p>The comments come after Mr Davis said the third round of Brexit talks had seen &#8220;tough&#8221; discussions regarding the size of the UK&#8217;s exit bill.</p>
<p>The EU&#8217;s chief negotiator Michel Barnier gave a negative assessment of the negotiations insisting there had been no &#8220;decisive progress&#8221; on key issues and the two sides were still &#8220;quite far&#8221; away from meeting the test of making sufficient progress for talks on future trading arrangements to begin in October.</p>
<p>Speaking to the US chamber of commerce, Mr Davis will insist that Brexit will not diminish the UK&#8217;s global presence. He will say: &#8220;By working together with our closest friends and allies &#8230; we can tackle some of the greatest social and economic challenges we face.</p>
<p>&#8220;But the answer to that concern is not to turn inwards and become isolationist, and that is where a strong, outward looking United Kingdom can play an instrumental role.&#8221; The cost of Britain&#8217;s &#8220;golden goodbye&#8221; to the EU proved a major issue in Brexit talks after European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker had suggested it could come in at around €60bn.</p>
<p>Other estimates have put the figure as high as €100bn. The wrangle came as Labour&#8217;s deputy leader Tom Watson suggested that Britain could permanently remain part of the single market and customs union after EU withdrawal, depending on the Brexit negotiations.</p>
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