London/Brussels — Britain will not blink first in Brexit trade negotiations with the EU and is not scared of a no-deal exit at year’s end, the country’s top Brexit negotiator has warned the bloc.

Britain left the EU on January 31 but talks have so far made little headway on agreeing a new trade deal for when a status-quo transition arrangement ends in December...

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