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The EU is no protectionist racket
The Trump administration does not hide its view that, if London wants a far-reaching trade deal, it will have to depart from its present regulatory alignment with the EU. That would gravely complicate the search for a solution to the Irish border problem, and it would deny the UK unfettered access to EU markets, as explained in this useful article for the Centre for European Reform think-tank.