영국-EU, 아일랜드 국경 통관•검역절차 합의…일단 '한숨'

The UK and EU continue to be deadlocked in reaching a Brexit-trade deal.
But the two sides have reached a partial breakthrough,... as it hammered out issues over Northern Ireland.
For more on this and other news from around the world, we turn to our Lee Kyung-eun.
Kyung-eun, what's the latest?
Mok-yeon, the UK and EU have agreed on new border rules for Northern Ireland,... on areas including border control posts, supply of medicines, and border checks on animals.
They will announce the details in the coming weeks.
Northern Ireland has been a key area of concern in Brexit,.. as that's the only part of UK that borders the EU.
The UK made many concessions dropping parts of the controversial Internal Market Bill.
The law would allow the UK to apply domestic market rules to the region.
However the EU maintains that the law violates their "divorce agreement",... which allows Northern Ireland to remain in the EU's single market and abide by its custom rules.
Despite Tuesday's breakthrough, the post-Brexit trade talks still remain in deadlock.
The two sides resumed negotiations this week.
But the EU remains largely pessimistic,...saying a "no deal" is more likely ahead of the end of the Brexit transition at the end of the year.