Boris Johnson to Go to Brussels to Break Brexit Deadlock

Boris Johnson to Go to Brussels to Break Brexit Deadlock
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of their meeting inside 10 Downing Street, in central London, UK, on Jan. 8, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels for talks with European Union leaders, in a last-ditch attempt to break the deadlock in negotiations on post-Brexit trade.

The face-to-face meeting was arranged after Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen failed to make a breakthrough in a telephone conversation on Monday afternoon.