Dublin/Belfast — Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney raised the possibility of a breakthrough in Brexit talks in December and urged the UK to make further concessions to allow talks to move to trade. "We have a reasonable chance for sufficient progress in December," Coveney said on Wednesday. "It’s Britain that controls the odds." The comments may signal some growing optimism that progress can be made in December. Last week, Coveney warned his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, that efforts to solve the border question are at "somewhat of an impasse". The border is one of three key issues that have been identified, along with citizens’ rights and money owed by the UK, that require "sufficient progress" towards a resolution before the EU will allow talks to move on to Britain’s future trade relationship with the bloc. Hong Kong example More needs to come from the UK, Coveney said, as he cited Hong Kong as an example of a region with a bespoke trading arrangement within a wider nati...
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