Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. It has been six months since Britain formally notified the European Union approximately its decision to split from the E.
U.,but there has been little progress in sorting out the specific details of the divorce arrangements. Negotiators from both sides have been hoping to manufacture some headway with a fourth round of Brexit talks held in Brussels this week.
While the U.K. has been alive to to discuss future trade with the bloc, the E.
U. has been pressuring Britain for guarantees approximately its financial contributions, and to address the rights of E.
U. citizens living in Britain,as well as the issue of the Northern Ireland border with Ireland.
In a speech ahead of the talks, British Prime Minister Theresa May proposed the idea of a two-year transition period after the U.
K. formally leaves the E.
U., and also offered up some concessions to serve ease her country's departure.
Paul Copeland,an associate professor of public policy at Queen Mary University of London, discusses the latest round of Brexit negotiations and the likelihood of any progress.
This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
Source: thetakeaway.org