Boris Johnson, Merkel to face off in first Brexit talks

BERLIN - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Berlin on Wednesday to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international leaders as the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit looms.

The apparent hope is that the other 27 EU members will blink and make concessions to avoid a no-deal Brexit that would hurt people and companies on both sides of the Channel. On Tuesday, EU Council President Donald Tusk again made clear the bloc would not cave in to Mr Johnson's demand to scrap the so-called Irish border backstop plan, which would keep Britain in the European customs union if no trade deal is signed.

Berenberg Bank senior economist Kallum Pickering predicted that"if Johnson hopes to persuade Merkel and Macron to sweet-talk Varadkar into changing his tune, he will likely be disappointed". German media regularly characterises Mr Johnson as a reckless and unprincipled political showman with Trump-style populist tendencies.

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