EU and UK Brexit discussions at impasse over Irish border?
By David
28 November 2017 (Edited )
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If/when the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 as planned, Ireland will be the only country with a land border with the UK, and will be responsible for collecting EU customs duties on incoming goods.
EU spokespersons have said progress on resolving the border issue is a necessary precondition to discussing an EU-UK trade deal.
But representatives of Theresa May's UK government are taking the contrary line that moving Brexit talks along to discussions of a trade deal is a necessary precondition to further talks about the Irish border.
So - we have a Mexican - or Irish - standoff.
Who will blink first?
Watch this space.