Brexit Negotiations at Impasse as Deadline Looms

Brexit Negotiations at Impasse as Deadline Looms
EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends a press conference in Brussels on June 5, 2020. Daina Le Lardic - Pool/Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—Trade talks between Britain and the European Union are on the verge of breaking down after they hit a brick wall, senior figures in Brussels fear.

Negotiators on both sides say they have reached an impasse, with neither camp prepared to back down from their opening demands as the end-of-year deadline looms ever larger on the horizon.