(CNN)Instead of eating turkey or opening presents, European Union ambassadors will spend part of Christmas Day reviewing the details of the bloc’s post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will brief the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER), formed of ambassadors
London (CNN)The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations. The breakthrough averts a much-feared “no-deal” scenario that would have sparked economic chaos and risked major disruption to the flow of goods and medicines. “Deal
LONDON — The Irish Foreign Minister said a post-Brexit trade deal is expected Thursday, after a “last-minute hitch” delayed an announcement. Simon Coveney told RTE radio it will be an “enormous relief” when the deal is finally announced. Press conferences
European Union and British negotiators closed in on a trade deal Wednesday, raising hopes a chaotic economic break between the two sides on New Year’s Day could be averted, officials said. After resolving a few remaining fair-competition issues, negotiators dealt
BRUSSELS — Leaders and negotiators from the European Union and the United Kingdom intensified their struggle Tuesday to get a trade deal past the New Year’s Day finish line, as EU nations looked at legal options to do it without formal European
BRUSSELS — Problems increased Monday for the attempt to secure a trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom before a Brexit transition period ends on New Year’s Day, with the EU legislature insisting the drawn-out negotiations left lawmakers without
Britain and the European Union have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. Britain and the EU are in the final stretch of talks to keep an
LONDON — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday that Brexit trade talks with the U.K. will be extended beyond Sunday’s deadline, adding that “we think it is responsible at this point to go the extra mile.” Von der Leyen
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was “a strong possibility” Britain and the EU would fail to strike a new trade deal, hours after Brussels published contingency plans to protect road and air travel in the event of an abrupt
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union’s chief executive gave themselves until Sunday for last-ditch negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal after failing to narrow differences during a “frank discussion” over dinner in Brussels. “Very large gaps remain