Why a ‘Hard Brexit’ Looms for Britain
- Negotiating positions harden 100 days since referendum shock
- Majority of other 27 EU states reject U.K. ‘cherry picking’
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European Union governments are refusing to grant the U.K. any leeway on the link between immigration and trade as it prepares to leave the bloc, raising the likelihood of a “hard Brexit.”
Almost 100 days since a referendum signaled the end of Britain’s four decades of EU membership, a Bloomberg News analysis has identified a hardening of positions with even the U.K.’s traditional allies such as Ireland insisting it cannot “cherry pick” in the looming divorce talks.