U.K. Set to Tell EU It Doesn't Want to Renegotiate Brexit Deal
- Brexit Secretary said to drop demand to re-open exit deal text
- EU looking at ways to reassure U.K. that backstop is temporary
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British Prime Minister Theresa May’s officials are preparing to compromise on their demands for a re-write of the Brexit agreement, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The U.K. government is watering down its request for changes to the contentious Irish border “backstop” arrangement as set out in the text of the divorce deal that May struck with the European Union last year.