Despite Christmas truce, EU, UK still fight over Brexit deal
ABC News
The European Union and the departed United Kingdom are showing that their relationship remains on the rocks even if last year's Brexit trade deal was supposed to have ended the acrimony between them
BRUSSELS -- One year after the Brexit trade deal was supposed to end acrimony between the European Union and the departed United Kingdom, both sides showed Friday that theirs is still a relationship tainted by bad blood and accusations of bad faith.
They did postpone talks on their continued deep-seated differences into the New Year, a welcome respite since their trade negotiations last year slipped deep past countless deadlines and into Christmas Eve before an awkward compromise was found.
But on a day when the 27-nation bloc was counting on some positive feedback for what it saw as a breakthrough proposal to regulate medicine trade in Northern Ireland — which is part of the United Kingdom but also part of the EU's trading system — it got a lukewarm response.
Almost all other issues under discussion got a cold shoulder.
