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EU says UK 'can't have cake, eat it too' but eyes new talks

by Jill LawlessRaf Casert
| October 21, 2020 4:03 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union struck a defiant tone on Wednesday as the standoff over resuming post-Brexit trade negotiations with the United Kingdom intensified, telling London that “you cannot have your cake and eat it too.”

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