Economics

EU’s New Trade Chief Warns of Persistent Brexit Economic Risks

  • Hogan urges U.K. to focus on content of possible trade deal
  • Remarks in Dublin also stress need for revamp of the WTO
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The European Union’s trade chief signaled that post-Brexit Britain and the EU would struggle to reach a free-trade agreement before the end of 2020, highlighting the persistent risk of U.K. commercial ties with the bloc being severed in a disruptive way.