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A deal on Brexit divorce terms guarantees there will be "no hard border" between EU member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Theresa May says. SOUNDBITE
Madrid, Dec 28 (EFE).- Spain will begin customs and immigration checks on the Gibraltar border at the start of 2021 absent an accord with the United Kingdom on the territory's post-Brexit links with the European Union, the foreign minister said Monday, though she added that people who cross the boundary daily for work will not be affected."If there is an agreement in principle, we could modulate mobility on the Gibraltar border. And if there is no agreement in principle, it is an EU external border with a third country and modulation is impossible," Spain's top diplomat said.
The Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) holds a special meeting at the European Council in Brussels after the EU and Britain sealed a post-Brexit trade deal. IMAGES
The EU's negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, says that a deal with Britain looks "unlikely" at this stage. During the latest round of talks, completed this week, "it felt as if we were going backwards more than forwards," he says, adding: "I simply do not understand why we are wasting valuable time." SOUNDBITE
Europe's chief negociator for Brexit Michel Barnier says that the EU is "ready to offer a highly ambitious trade deal", including "zero tariffs and zero quotas". SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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