Brexit risks opening pandora's box of trade disputes for Britain
The trick will be to hammer out terms without triggering conflict among EU's other members
Geneva
AS dawn broke on the UK's decision to leave the European Union last year, Julian Braithwaite was awoken by a phone call from a fellow diplomat in Geneva. The message was more like a warning: your world is about to change.
The British ambassador to the World Trade Organization, until now a job more in name than practice, is tasked with something that's never been done before: to navigate a seamless move from EU member at the WTO to an independent state.
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