Sunday shows round-up: Brexit talks ‘in a very difficult position’

Sophy Ridge was joined this morning by the Environment Secretary George Eustice. The first item on the agenda was the reconvening of post-Brexit trade talks after negotiators failed to reach an agreement last week. Eustice confirmed that EU demands on access to British coastal waters and on state aid were still the key barriers to a deal:

GE: These [talks] are… in a very difficult position, there’s no point denying that… There was some hope early last week… at one point it looked like there might be a breakthrough… We’re going to continue to work on these negotiations until there’s no point in doing so any further.