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There will be a trade deal

Despite the bluster, both sides need one

1 April 2017

9:00 AM

1 April 2017

9:00 AM

Most diplomats in Brussels will tell you that Theresa May has just embarked upon a fool’s errand, that Britain might wish for a free-trade deal with the European Union but will have to learn that it can’t cherry-pick. Anyway, they say, nothing of any value can be agreed in two years.

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