UK Brexit negotiators arrive in Brussels under shadow of coronavirus lockdown

British Brexit negotiators arrived in Brussels under the threat of lockdown on Thursday for trade negotiations in one of the EU countries hardest hit by the second wave of coronavirus. Brussels is at the epicentre of rocketing infection rates in Belgium that are second only to the Czech Republic in the EU and far outstrip the UK’s. Belgium is expected to announce that it will follow France and Germany back into lockdown on Friday. UK-EU Trade talks resume on Friday in Brussels and will con