EU Rebuffs Latest U.K. Effort to Unblock Deadlocked Brexit Talks
- New U.K. proposals on state aid are insufficient, bloc warns
- Talks unlikely to head into so-called tunnel at end of week
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The European Union rebuffed Britain’s latest effort to unblock their deadlocked trade talks, a sign that the eight-month long negotiations will struggle to hit a key milestone this week.
The U.K. had sought to break the logjam by submitting a new round of proposals on how its state-aid rules will work after Brexit, according to two people familiar with the negotiations. The issue is one of the biggest obstacles to an accord.