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Boris Johnson Gives the EU a Reason to Walk Away
The threat of legal action against the U.K. over its bid to break its international commitments is a serious one.
Is today the day Brexit talks break down for good?
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Negotiations between the U.K. and the European Union on their future trade relations after Brexit were never going to be easy. After all, it took more than three years (and several near misses) just to agree the terms of Britain’s departure from the bloc. But talks were expected to stay within the wonkish, technical world of tariffs and product standards, since existential issues like how to deal with the flow of goods across the Irish border without undermining peace or the integrity of the EU market were amicably settled.
That has changed in spectacular fashion.