Brexit: Deal or no deal? - News Review

The UK and the European Union have entered final talks this week to try and agree a trade deal. The talks have been ongoing and the possible deal will set out future trading terms between the two entities. Catherine and Tom have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

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Video chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:31 - Story
1:40 - Headline 1: Brexit: UK and EU make one last push for trade deal
4:35 - Headline 2: Breakthrough on fishing rights as Brexit talks hang in the balance
7:55- Headline 3: UK trade talks with EU on knife edge, says Irish premier
10:28 - Language summary

The Story

Talks resume today between Britain and the European Union as they try to agree a post-Brexit trade deal. It's unclear when the discussions might conclude.

Negotiators from each side have been giving differing interpretations of what stage they are at.

Vocabulary

one last push
one final effort

With one last push, the company is confident it can reach a deal.
I know you’re tired, but after this last push your exams will all be finished.

hang in the balance
remain in an uncertain state
The president’s political survival hangs in the balance.
The prospect of reaching a deal is hanging in the balance.

on a knife edge
in an important situation, with two different results possible

The race to be president is on a knife edge right now!
The doctor told the family that their father’s survival was on a knife edge after the surgery.

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