EU, UK Bracing for Tough Post-Brexit Trade Talks

EU, UK Bracing for Tough Post-Brexit Trade Talks
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves number 10 Downing Street in central London on Jan.22, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The European Union is bracing for a stormy opening to post-Brexit trade talks as it puts the finishing touches to a negotiating mandate that will offer Britain worse trading terms than it has given Canada.