BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on Brexit (all times local):
6:25 p.m.
Britain says that any commitment toward outstanding payments into the EU budget will have to be clearly linked to a future political and trade relationship once the nation has officially left the group.
U.K. chief negotiator David Davis promised that Britain “will honor commitments we have made during the period of our membership” but added it could “only be done in the context of an in accordance with a new deep and special partnership.”
The EU has been insisting their needs to be “sufficient progress” on Britain’s outstanding financial commitments to the EU before any new relationship can be discussed.