The UK and the EU will announce new deals and renew ties, 5 years after Brexit

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60% : LONDON (AP) -- The United Kingdom and the European Union are expected to announce new deals on fishing rights and defense cooperation as officials met in London on Monday for their first formal summit since Brexit.
53% : British media reported Monday that the two sides agreed on a deal on fishing access for EU boats in U.K. waters ahead of the summit.
52% : Resetting relations Since becoming prime minister in July, Starmer has sought to reset relations with the EU, following years of tensions in the wake of the U.K.'s 2016 Brexit referendum.
50% : Stronger ties with the EU will bring "more benefits for the United Kingdom" following trade agreements that the U.K. struck in recent weeks with India and the United States, Starmer said. Non-tariff barriers Though no tariffs are slapped on the export of goods between both sides, an array of non-tariff barriers, including more onerous border checks and laborious paperwork, have made trade more difficult.
48% : Starmer's government hopes that the agreements could improve the British economy, which has been hit by a drop in EU trade caused by increased costs and red tape after the United Kingdom left the bloc in 2020.
43% : Reform, which recently won big in local elections, and the opposition Conservative Party have already called the deal a "surrender" to the EU before any details were confirmed.
40% : But Starmer has stressed that the U.K. won't rejoin the EU's frictionless single market and customs union, nor agree to the free movement of people between the U.K. and the EU.
39% : Opposition objects to a 'surrender' Some of the trade-offs may prove difficult for Starmer, who faces growing challenges from the pro-Brexit and anti-immigration Reform U.K. party and will likely see accusations of "betraying Brexit," whatever the outcome of the talks.
37% : "The reset could still be blown off course by disagreements over how to consolidate existing areas of cooperation like fisheries and/or external factors, such as a negative reaction from the U.S. to the U.K. seeking closer ties with the EU," said Jannike Wachowiak, research associate at the UK in a Changing Europe think tank.
31% : Trump, who has backed Brexit, could also be a potential headache for Starmer.

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