Boris Johnson’s sabre rattling may just strengthen the EU
Exasperated EU officials, who’ve long refrained from calling the UK’s Brexit bluff, are now sending their own signal that talks are nearing collapse
10 September 2020 - 13:41
Negotiations between the UK and the EU on their future trade relations after Brexit were never going to be easy. After all, it took more than three years (and several near misses) just to agree the terms of Britain’s departure from the bloc. But talks were expected to stay within the wonkish, technical world of tariffs and product standards, since existential issues such as how to deal with the flow of goods across the Irish border without undermining peace or the integrity of the EU market were amicably settled.
That has changed in spectacular fashion. ..
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