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Down to the Wire: The Struggle for a Brexit Deal

Rolf J. Langhammer, Lisandra Flach, Feodora Teti, Lena Wiest, Margherita Atzei, Lisa Scheckenhofer, Joachim Wuermeling, Carsten Hefeker, Friedemann Kainer, Philipp Harms, Michael Kaeding
ifo Institut, München, 2020

ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 12, 03-27

With a good two weeks to go, the threat of a hard Brexit looms. Since March, the European Union and the United Kingdom have been negotiating their future relationship. The three main points of contention are still unresolved, and each side seems incapable of understanding the other. On what conditions is an agreement still possible? What external economic and foreign policy consequences would a No Deal have for the UK and the EU?

Keywords: Europäische Integration, Außenhandel, Außenwirtschaftspolitik, Außenpolitik, Handelshemmnisse, Wettbewerbspolitik, Mitgliedsstaaten, EU-Binnenmarkt, Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Brexit
JEL Classification: F130, F150, F590

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