British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk shake hands as they pose ahead of a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU negotiators look forward to trade talks with Britain next year once a Brexit divorce deal is endorsed by national leaders on Friday -- but they also worry this might fray the united front states have shown so far in dealing with London.
Negotiations on trade will not start before March and the 27 EU governments will spend the time before that trying to balance priorities among themselves, diplomats say. They will then have a strong interest in boxing London in to the traditional kind of deal the EU has managed to reach with other countries.
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