UK’s Gove says cause for ‘steady optimism’ in EU talks

LONDON (Reuters) – British minister Michael Gove said he was optimistic about negotiations with the European Union on a future trade deal, and that he was hopeful and confident of making progress.

“Negotiations are proceeding … in a way which gives us cause for steady optimism,” Gove told a parliamentary committee

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton, writing by William James; editing by Stephen Addison)