The EU is still not convinced by the UK’s post-Brexit customs plan. Both sides hope a summer break will lead to a breakthrough, rather than a breakdown.
At least the optics are better than they were. UK Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has now been to Brussels twice in two weeks, more than his predecessor David Davis had in six months (see EUROPE 12071, 12066). There is a “new dynamic” in the talks, one EU diplomat said, although “nobody is cheering yet”.
This week’s negotiations...