Re: Ring any bells?
"Underlying what is going on is the view on ICANN's part that better negotiation tactics, and changed wording of your demands and objectives will somehow achieve what has previously been refused."
Errm....
Not really.
Brexit is a negotiation over an undefined matter.
GDPR is something that was first well defined in Brussels, and then further well defined and enshrined into law in all the European countries.
One is negotiable. The other isn't.