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The United States, Mexico and Canada sign a deal finalising their new trade agreement after more than two years of arduous negotiations and paving the way to ratification. IMAGES
European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas says that "no solution was identified" to break the deadlock on Brexit during the latest discussions between British officials and the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, less than a month before the official date of the divorce. SOUNDBITE from Schinas
The EU is ready to offer Britain the "most ambitious" free trade deal but its adherence to the bloc's rules after Brexit will be "decisive", the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Monday. SOUNDBITE
The European Union proposes extending tariff-free entry for Ukrainian farm products for a year from June, but with "safeguards" to stop cheaper imports flooding the market at the expense of Europe's own farmers. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a working dinner, in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of an EU summit after the Hungarian leader threatened to block further backing for Ukraine. IMAGES
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.