UK and EU Promise ‘Continuous’ Talks to Crack Brexit Deadlock

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier (R) and Britain's Brexit secretary Dominic Raab said that Brexit negotiations would now proceed “continuously," at a joint press conference in Brussels on Aug. 21, 2018. John Thys/AFP/Getty Images

LONDON—The UK and the EU have agreed to hold “continuous” Brexit talks after a recent meeting between lead negotiators in Brussels failed to deliver a breakthrough.

Negotiations on the divorce deal resumed after a summer break on Aug. 21, with both sides signaling increased urgency to wrap up loose ends and avoid Britain crashing out of the EU with no deal.