Comments from Raab and Barnier
Raab:
We made valuable progress
There's clearly more work to do
We remain committed to working on potential solutions
Confident, if not more confident, now that a Brexit deal can be reached
Barnier:
With no backstop on the Irish border, there's no deal
Operational backstop is a matter of some urgency
We need more data and information on how backstop will work
Future partnership with envisioned with UK is unprecedented
Believes it's possible to reach a deal on an orderly withdrawal by October
Still a mostly-positive tone. After an earlier wobble down to 1.2967, cable is back to 1.2990.
