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June 5 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is
willing to accept European Union tariffs on some UK goods in an
attempt to win a trade deal and break the deadlock in talks with
the EU, the Daily Mail reported.
Britain's chief negotiator, David Frost, had made a new
offer, the newspaper said, citing sources.
According to the offer, the UK would accept tariffs on a
small number of goods in return for the European Union dropping
its demand that Britain continue to follow EU rules.
EU and British negotiators said on Friday they had made very
little progress in their latest round of talks about a Brexit
free trade agreement, with just weeks left to extend a year-end
deadline to reach a deal.
A threat made earlier to walk away from trade talks this
month if no progress were made has been relaxed due to the
impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the Daily Mail said.
"We are not up for a long negotiation over the next months
well into the autumn where nobody knows what is going to happen.
October is too late for us to conclude this", a UK source was
quoted by the paper as saying.
The idea of imposing tariffs was not immediately welcomed by
Brussels, according to the Daily Mail.
Britain left the EU in January. Their relationship is now
governed by a transition arrangement that keeps previous rules
in place while they negotiate new terms.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra
Maler and Tom Brown)