Brexit's new chapter: the 'impossible' trade deal

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Brussels is braced for new rounds of Brexit battles, aware that a bullish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is feeling reinvigorated after an electoral victory in December.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium - With just two weeks to go before Brexit, European diplomats are preparing for the next phase: intense negotiations to hammer out a future with Britain after its EU divorce.

"At the end of the year, we could get the skeleton of a trade agreement plus something on internal and foreign security, but there is no guarantee," the diplomat added.Johnson is not May Johnson will instead pursue a far more minimal trade deal that will seek zero tariffs and quotas on goods."The prime minister has been clear that he wants a Canada-style free trade agreement with no alignment," a UK official told AFP.

Member states will be pulling in different directions with some like France, Belgium and Denmark concerned about fishing while land-locked eastern Europeans and Germany will want a deal on cars.Referred to as keeping a level playing field, member states with the most trade with Britain will be dead-set on ensuring that British companies gain no unfair advantage after Brexit.

Diplomats warn there were not many ways to enforce the level playing field in a simple trade deal, except through threatening tariffs that can take months or even years to impose. Will it be something formal, with clearly set joint institutions, or a looser arrangement structured by separate deals on trade, security and other topics as necessary?

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The only reason why it would be impossible is if George Soros is allowed to meddle and control people with his money and other nefarious weapons.

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