signaled oneu sticking point was canada's rollingce first progressive packs and the country's only wanted to launch formal talks if they were more confident a deal could be reached. trudeau canceled the joint media availability in beijing with each leader making a brief statement and taking no questions. u.k. prime minister theresa may says she is confident of a positive outcome when she meets with eu officials this week. may spoke at a joint news conference with jean-claude juncker today. clear, crucially, that we want to move forward together. on a couple of issues, some differences remain that require further negotiations and consultation. continue, but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we will conclude this positively. may spend after they failed to reach an agreement to move the next stage of brexit negotiations. whator sticking point is happens to the irish border when northern ireland leads the eu along with the u.k.. global news powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 100 countries -- 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this