British Agree to EU Demand to Start Brexit With Divorce Talks
- May had wanted to discuss divorce in concert with trade deal
- Brexit negotiations scheduled to begin on Monday in Brussels
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Prime Minister Theresa May’s government has bowed to European Union demands to focus the initial stage of Brexit talks on the terms of the U.K.’s departure rather than trying to arrange a future trade relationship at the same time, according to two EU officials with knowledge of the preparations.