UK cranks up the pressure on EU to pivot Brexit talks to trade

London

THE UK announced that it is piling pressure on the European Union to shift the focus of "Brexit" negotiations away from the terms of divorce and onto their future relationship.

Britain will publish a flurry of documents in the coming days, laying out the government's position on topics ranging from data protection to judicial cooperation. Five papers are due to be published in the week starting on Monday, the Department for Exiting the European Union said in a statement on Sunday. The next round of negotiations is due to start on Aug 29.