The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier said: "We are talking about orderly withdrawal first and that makes sense".
European Union leaders have said they hope sufficient progress is made on the key divorce issues by the autumn to allow discussions to begin on the future trade and security relationship.
We also agreed on how we will structure our talks.
In what has been dubbed "the row-back of the summer", it seems that the UK has abandoned this stance on day one of the negotiations in the face of a united and resolute EU.
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Instead, once she has left the room, they will continue their own discussion of Britain's departure from the European Union, notably on which city gets to host two EU agencies being pulled out of London - a potentially divisive issue.
Davies denied suggestions the agreed timetable showed Britain's "weakness" and insisted it was "completely consistent" with the government's aim of parallel trade and exit talks.
It is the most tangible human effect of the UK's decision to leave the European Union: the status and prospects for 3.2 million EU citizens who now live in the United Kingdom and the 1.2 million Britons who live elsewhere in the European Union.
The government said that it is seeking an agreement "like no other in history" even as the country had got into hard negotiation terms over the issue.
On day one of the negotiations on Monday, Prime Minister Theresa May's government gave in to European Union demands to discuss the terms of its divorce - including an exit fee - before any consideration of the trade deal Britain wants with Europe.
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In addition to the working groups, a "dialogue" has been established to deal with the Irish border issue, under the authority of Barnier and Davis' right hands, Sabine Weyand and Olly Robbins.
"She mentioned a generous offer, but it is not clear to us what it will mean exactly".
In an apparent reference to UK Ministers" repeated insistence that "no deal is better than a bad deal', M. Barnier said: "For both the European Union and the UK a fair deal is possible and far better than no deal".
The divorce bill, Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement are also high on the agenda.
The most senior officials on either side will lead work on efforts to resolve the problem of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, a situation Mr Barnier acknowledged was "politically sensitive" at a time when the Tory government was seeking the support of the Democratic Unionist Party to prop up Mrs May's minority government. "We will work all the time with the UK, and never against the UK", Barnier said.
May, bruised by an election this month that cost her Conservatives their parliamentary majority, will make her case for a quick agreement on residency for EU nationals and employment rights at a summit of European leaders in the Belgian capital later this week.
Mr Barnier did not give a figure for how much the European Union will be demanding to settle the UK's outstanding budget commitments.
"I have said before, and I remain clear today, that when the British people voted last June, they did not vote to become poorer, or less secure", Hammond said Tuesday.
Anticipating the challenges in the months ahead, both referenced fellow countrymen who defended their visions.
At a news conference after Monday's talks, Davis quoted Winston Churchill: "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity".
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