Economics

Brexit Breakthrough Slips Further Out of Reach After Virus Delay

  • Real decisions might not come until close to year-end deadline
  • Political intervention may be needed to save deadlocked talks
St Paul's Cathedral and skyscrapers in the City of London.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Crucial decisions about the U.K.’s future relationship with the European Union are set to be crammed into a dramatic final few weeks of the year after the coronavirus ate into vital negotiating time and Britain ruled out extending the deadline.