EU's refusal to budge on N. Ireland trade "hugely disappointing" - UK minister

LONDON – Britain will on Thursday say it's “massively disappointing” that the European Union is not going to change its mandate on post-Brexit commerce talks over Northern Eire.

“We've got engaged in negotiations with the European Union in good religion. (European Fee) Vice President Sefcovic has tried to search out options inside the mandate he has been given,” Britain’s minister for the cupboard workplace, Michael Ellis, is predicted to inform the European Parliament later at the moment in accordance with advance extracts of his speech.

“However I’m afraid, in our view, their present proposals would take us backwards from the place we're at the moment. It’s subsequently massively disappointing that the EU have confirmed that they'll by no means change their mandate and due to that the state of affairs is now very severe.”