Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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population was forced out during the Second World War, including the city's unofficial

royal family, the Rothschilds. Now a descendant from New York is staking a claim to a

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First up though.

Despite the rhetoric, Britain's departure from the European Union on January 31st

was the beginning, not the end of a process. Today both sides get together to begin

discussions about a post-Brexit trade deal. It won't be easy. The British team numbers

100. A conference center in Brussels is being used because the European Commission's headquarters

are too small for all the meetings that need to be held. And the differences between

what each side wants are huge. The EU's main concern is that Britain will undercut it

in areas such as labour, environment or state subsidies.

We cannot expect high quality access to the single market if it did not prepare to accept

guarantees that competitions remains open and fair. Free and fair open and fair.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who's set a deadline for the deal by the end of the year,

is pushing back.

There is no need for a free trade agreement to involve accepting EU rules on competition

policies, subsidies, social protection, the environment or anything similar.

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