The EU has given the green light to talks with the UK on reducing trading frictions, but a growing dispute over money threatens to poison them before they begin.
Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states agreed the negotiating mandate on Wednesday for key parts of the post-Brexit “reset” sought by the UK government after defeating a German-led rebellion about making London pay into the EU budget.
They backed French-led demands that the UK must contribute to EU “cohesion funds” as the price of a deal to re-link EU and UK energy markets.
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