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EU starts legal action against UK as Brexit trade talks hit impasse

EU deadline for govt to remove sections of Internal Market Bill expired on Wednesday

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Controversy over the UK’s new Internal Market Bill has thrown the tortuous Brexit process into a fresh crisis

Gabriela Baczynska & William James | Reuters Brussels/London
The European Union (EU) launched a legal case against the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday for undercutting their earlier divorce deal and a senior UK minister said differences remained in talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement.
 
Controversy over the UK’s new Internal Market Bill has thrown the tortuous Brexit process into a fresh crisis while disagreements over corporate subsidies, fisheries and ways to solve disputes are overshadowing parallel trade negotiations.
 
“We had invited our British friends to remove the problematic parts of their draft Internal Market Bill by the end of September," the head of the EU's executive

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