No Deal yet as Irish Border Holds up Brexit, EU and UK Say

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab, leaves 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting, in London on Nov. 6, 2018. Reuters/Simon Dawson

LONDON/BRATISLAVA—A Brexit deal is close but not yet done due to differences over the Irish border, Britain and the European Union said on Nov. 6 as sterling see-sawed on contrasting perceptions of how hard it will be for Prime Minister Theresa May to clinch an agreement.

“We are still not at the 100 percent,” the European Union’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier told a news conference. “What is missing is a solution for the issue of Ireland.”