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The Economist Asks: Michel Barnier

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As trade tensions flare, Anne McElvoy asks the former chief Brexit negotiator about the state of relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Can the two sides end a stand-off about the Northern Ireland protocol? The author of “My Secret Brexit Diary” reveals why he wants to be the next president of France. And, after four years of tussles with Britain, would he still call himself an Anglophile?  Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions: www.economist.com/podcastoffer  

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