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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Well neither you or me know everything that's going on Andrew and right now the EU is trying to play hardball and is not even trying to reach a deal and as long as they have their merry band of defenders in the UK they see no reason to be realistic in negotiations. Fortunately the reality of brexit's impact on EU member states economies is starting to become clear and with increasing support within the european parliament for a fair deal that works for both sides things will start to change rapidly in the near future. What's also becoming clear is the approach of the EU to make this a process no other member state would risk in future is backfiring on them increasing anger towards the EU rather then making member states fear taking the same path the UK has and as usual in trying to be clever the senior management of the EU has badly judged the reaction and done damage to confidence.
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Brexiters' whimsical theory that the EU needs us more than we need the EU has been comprehensively kicked into touch.
But one issue that prevents the UK getting an amazing trade deal is that the trade agreements it has with third countries like Canada do not allow this. And WTO rules bring certain constraints too that no amount of wishful thinking can change. Nor is any other member state about to leave any day now.