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Europe’s Next Big Gamble: That Boris Johnson Will Blink First

  • The EU wants a trade accord -- but one with strings attached
  • Europe hoping the U.K. will give ground on level playing field

Boris Johnson.

Photographer: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

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The European Union is betting that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants a trade deal so much he will compromise to get one.

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