⁍ Michael Gove said on Monday that the clauses of the Internal Market Bill that undercut the Withdrawal Treaty would remain.

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⁍ ‘But those clauses are there, they’re in legislation, supported by the House of Commons, as a safety net, if need be,’ he said.

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⁍ Gove said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been very clear that there needed to be progress in trade talks.

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– The UK is expected to leave the European Union with a deal in place by the end of March—and the EU is not happy about it. During a meeting in Brussels on Monday, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic warned that “no deal is better than a bad deal” when it comes to Brexit, the AP reports. He said that Britain, which is part of the EU’s customs union, can’t exit the arrangement without the agreement of the EU and the rest of the world. He said that “the only deal that is better than a bad deal is one that is better than no deal at all.” British Brexit Secretary Michael Gove responded that “no deal is better than a bad deal” and that “we want to make sure that the Withdrawal Agreement is implemented in full,” Reuters reports. But he added that “those clauses are there, they’re in legislation, supported by the House of Commons, as a safety net, if need be. And those clauses will remain in that bill.” Gove said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been very clear that there needed to be progress in trade talks between chief negotiators Michel Barnier and David Frost for the process to conclude in time.