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Brexit Talks Are Failing. Somebody Needs to Care.
The U.K. hasn't overcome political obstacles to serious negotiation. The EU has little incentive to bail it out.
Cliff's edge.
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Since talks on the U.K.'s exit from the European Union kicked off in June, there have been five negotiating rounds backed by speeches, press conferences and shuttle diplomacy. And yet the U.K. and Europe are no closer to agreeing about what their future relationship should be, or even settling the divorce bill. Now the question is whether there will be a deal at all by March 2019, when the treaties binding the U.K. to Europe will automatically expire.