Lack of willingness to compromise on both sides is the main/major stumbling block to reaching a settlement.
Meaning of stumbling block in English
(Definition of stumbling block from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
stumbling block | Intermediate English
Examples of stumbling block
stumbling block
One big stumbling block for women, she said, is the length of term limits on boards, which, on average, are about 10 years.
From CNN
Perhaps the biggest stumbling block to automating more association communications is that not everyone is adept at using a computer.
From Chicago Tribune
This remains a stumbling block on the path to an effective coalition.
From CNN
It has become a stumbling block of pressing demands impossible to please.
From Huffington Post
Electronic materials have been a major stumbling block for the advance of flexible electronics because existing materials do not function well after breaking and healing.
From Phys.Org
But producing the hydrogen has been a stumbling block.
From Wired
It's easy to see how this patent might be a potential stumbling block to any company wanting to implement a similar feature.
From Ars Technica
For many, however, the biggest stumbling block was the lack of a bill of rights.
From Washington Post
But these solutions face the same stumbling block as the attempt to change women's matches to best-of-five sets: history.
From ThinkProgress
Another potential stumbling block is the coveted summer break.
From CNN
It's unclear to me that that has been the main stumbling block, as opposed to the question of political will.
From NPR
Another stumbling block has been a tug-of-war between mobile network operators and payment service providers over customer ownership.
From CNN
Botox and tetanus neurotoxins hold great promise for clinical applications, but their paralytic activity was a stumbling block until now.
From Phys.Org
One stumbling block: many in the company didn't feel the same way.
From TIME
There was a legal stumbling block in getting the group off the ground, though.
From Billboard
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障害, 妨げ…
engel, mânia, zorluk…
pierre d’achoppement…
entrebanc…
struikelblok…
forhindring…
stötesten…
halangan…
das Hindernis…
hindring…
камінь спотикання…
камень преткновения…
حَجر عَثْرة…
kámen úrazu…
halangan…
สิ่งกีดขวาง…
hoàn cảnh gây khó khăn…
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장애물…
ostacolo, intoppo…
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