Subscriber OnlyPoliticsRaab Says EU’s Brexit Stance Makes Progress on Deal ‘Difficult’Foreign Secretary: U.K. will strive to keep Irish border openPompeo says U.S. wants trade deal at earliest possible timePimco Says U.K. Likely Heading for Election as Brexit Cliff-Edge NearsByAlex Morales+FollowAugust 7, 2019, 7:49 PM UTCUpdated onAugust 7, 2019, 11:01 PM UTCFollow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. The European Union’s uncompromising stance on Brexit makes progress toward a new deal “very difficult,” U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in the latest signal Britain may crash out of the bloc without an agreement.