12 Facts About Brexit negotiations

Department for Exiting the European Union was originally responsible for overseeing the Brexit negotiations to leave the EU and for establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU.

On 18 April 2017, a spokesman for Donald Tusk said "We expect to have the Brexit negotiations guidelines adopted by the European Council on 29 April and, following that, the Brexit negotiations negotiating directives ready on 22 May".

Brexit negotiations's wished "to give British companies the maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the Single Market – and let European businesses do the same here", but not at the expense of losing sovereignty.

Brexit negotiations's called for an end to ECJ jurisdiction, a new customs agreement excluding the common external tariff and the EU's common commercial policy, an end to free movement of people, co-operation in crime and terrorism, collaboration in areas of science and technology, engagement with devolved administrations, maintaining the Common Travel Area with Ireland and preserving existing workers' rights.

British and European negotiators agreed that initial Brexit negotiations, relating especially to residency rights, would commence in June 2017, and full Brexit negotiations, relating especially to trading agreements, could commence in October 2017 .

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Documents setting out how the Brexit negotiations will affect parts of the British economy were set up for the government, "the most comprehensive picture of our economy on this issue" containing "excruciating detail" according to Brexit negotiations Secretary David Davis.

UK was not permitted to hold trade talks until after Brexit negotiations was concluded, however the UK can do preparatory work with other countries regarding the UK's future trading relationships; this was not to the liking of some EU27 countries.

EU27 wish to exclude the UK from sitting in on trade Brexit negotiations held by the EU during the period ending March 2019, seeing the UK as a competitor.

Brexit negotiations raised issues around sovereignty for Gibraltar, the only British Overseas Territory in the EU.

Brexit negotiations publicly warned that Spain would "veto" Brexit deal over the issue of Gibraltar.

No-deal Brexit negotiations would involve the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without any Free Trade Agreement and relying on the trading rules set by the World Trade Organization.

In July 2017, Michel Barnier said that "a fair deal is better than no deal", because "In the case of Brexit negotiations, 'no deal is a return to a distant past".