EU Warns of Brexit Chaos Risk as Transition Talks Stumble

Barnier: transition deal needed by business ‘isn’t a given’
Pound declines as Brexit tensions becoming prominent again

Barnier Says Brexit Transition Not a Given if Disagreements Persist

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By Emma Ross-Thomas, Nikos Chrysoloras, and Tim Ross

February 9, 2018 at 12:26 PM UTC

Updated on

February 9, 2018 at 5:20 PM UTC

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Brexit negotiations broke up in acrimony on Friday when the European Union’s chief negotiator raised the prospect of the U.K. crashing out of the bloc next year into a legal limbo. Michel Barnier’s comments provoked an angry reaction in London, and the pound fell.