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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at Downing Street, London, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. May's Brexit strategy took another blow Sunday when Nissan canceled plans to make its new SUV in northern England amid continued uncertainty over the country's future relations with the European Union. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Feuding UK politicians seek elusive unity as Brexit looms

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro wave Venezuelan national flags during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Maduro called the rally to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late President Hugo Chavez's rise to power. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: Lima Group urges Venezuela troops to let aid in

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EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker, left, stands next to European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as he addresses Members of European Parliament on Brexit during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday Jan. 30, 2019. Leaders across the European Union offered a united chorus of &quot;No&quot; on Wednesday to Britain's belated bid to negotiate changes to the Brexit divorce deal so Prime Minister Theresa May can win the backing of her Parliament. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

The Latest: Germany: Brexit divorce deal is a compromise

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Nissan’s second thoughts on UK-made SUV add to Brexit worry

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Cheerleaders perform in front of anti-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday Jan. 31, 2019, ahead of the upcoming American football Superbowl game on upcoming Sunday. The Superbowl will be played between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday Feb. 3, in Atlanta, USA.(Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

The Latest: Pro-Brexit campaign fined for breaking data laws

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European Union Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini, left, gestures at the end of a joint press conference with Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu, right, during a Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

EU: Future member states must hold democratic elections

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Cheerleaders perform in front of anti-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday Jan. 31, 2019, ahead of the upcoming American football Superbowl game on upcoming Sunday. The Superbowl will be played between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday Feb. 3, in Atlanta, USA.(Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Fears grow: 1/3 of U.K. firms consider move abroad over Brexit

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Arron Banks attends a Democratic Unionist dinner event in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, Thursday Jan. 31, 2019. Britain's Information Commissioner's Office has fined one of the pro-Brexit campaigns in the country's European Union membership referendum for breaking data laws, by sending political marketing messages to customers of an insurance firm owned by the group's founder, Arron Banks. (Rebecca Black/PA via AP)

UK pro-Brexit campaign fined for breaching data laws

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A customer picks up a bottle of wine imported from Spain after being priced down at a retail store in Chiba, near Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. The European Union and Japan have inaugurated a landmark deal they say will boost trade between the two economic powers and sends the message that international agreements still have a purpose in an age of increasing protectionism. The agreement that comes into effect Friday will scrap nearly all tariffs on products both sides trade in. (Kyodo News via AP)

As US questions free trade, EU and Japan usher in new deal

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt, left and Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill arrive to attend a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. With Britain's House of Commons bitterly divided on the way forward for Britain's departure from the European Union, lawmakers representing various factions are vying to have their say in the Brexit process after they overwhelmingly rejected the government's divorce agreement two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: UK minister acknowledges possible Brexit delay

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks as he submits next year's budget bill to parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. The $47.5 billion budget is less than half of last year's, mainly due to the severe depreciation of the local currency following President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal and restore U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Iran says U.S.-sanctions workaround by EU soon to be announced

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Pro- and anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another bruising week in Parliament as lawmakers plan to challenge her minority Conservative government for control of Brexit policy.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

U.K. carmakers issue stark warning on Brexit

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Lollipops handmade in the EU are displayed at the international candy fair ISM in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Approx. 5 % of German production of sweets, with a value of around 800 million Euro, is exported to the important United Kingdom market. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner7

Sour surprise for sweets: Brexit may raise German candy cost

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, Wyn Evans, farmer and chairman of the National Farmers Union Welsh Livestock Board poses for a photo on his farm, in Ceredigion, West Wales. U.K. meat producers are particularly vulnerable to the threat of a no-deal Brexit. That’s because 90 percent of their exports go to EU countries, meaning many would find themselves in jeopardy because of the tariffs and border delays that would follow a disorderly exit from the bloc. (AP Photo/Jo Kearney)

UK farmers worry where exports will go without EU deal

By DANICA KIRKA and JO KEARNEY - Associated Press

European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt, left, and European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier talk at the start of a Brexit Steering Group meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday Jan. 30, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

The Latest: EU calls for cross-party approach to Brexit

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, center, reacts following the results of voting on Amendments put forward by Members of Parliament over the government's Brexit deal, in the House of Commons in London on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. May on Tuesday won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc. (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

Fast facts on key developments in the Brexit process

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European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt, left, and European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier talk at the start of a Brexit Steering Group meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday Jan. 30, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Brexit envoy insists EU united as U.K.’s Theresa May seeks concessions

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Anti Brexit protesters on board a hired red London bus demonstrate as they drive past the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue May's rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown this week. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Latest: Verhofstadt: No majority to reopen Brexit deal

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Pro- and anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another bruising week in Parliament as lawmakers plan to challenge her minority Conservative government for control of Brexit policy.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

U.K.’s Theresa May seeks changes to Brexit deal as EU stands firm

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, photo visitors skate along the torch-lined frozen trails through Balsam Lake Provincial Park, near Coboconk, Ontario. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)

EU-Canada trade deal gets green light from legal adviser

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press