茂木外相、日英貿易交渉「進展あった」　きょう大詰め協議

　【ロンドン時事】訪英中の茂木敏充外相は６日、新たな貿易協定の締結に向けたトラス英国際貿易相との協議後、「議論に進展はあった。理解が深まったと思っている」と述べた。ロイター通信によると、トラス氏も「さらなる進展が得られた」と強調。両氏は７日に再び大詰めの協議に臨む予定で、日英貿易交渉は大筋合意に向けて最終局面に入った。
　閣僚協議は２日間の予定。初日の６日はロンドン中心部の英外務・連邦省内で、午前１０時（日本時間午後６時）ごろから午後６時（同７日午前２時）すぎまで断続的に行われた。（2020/08/07-06:41）

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, now visiting London, said Thursday that Japan and Britain have achieved progress in their trade talks.
   Speaking after a meeting with British International Trade Secretary Elizabeth Truss on concluding a new bilateral trade deal, Motegi also said he thinks the two sides have come to a better mutual understanding.
   Motegi and Truss will meet again on Friday, the final day of their two-day meeting, to have further last-minute negotiations.
   On Thursday, Motegi and Truss held intermittent talks at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London between around 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time.
   "As working-level agreements had been reached for the most part, we negotiated the remaining important issues today," Motegi said at a press conference after the talks.