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Could Britain end up last in line to negotiate trade?

Barrack Obama had to say something about the Brexit while in London last week Pic: Getty

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American presidents, I am quite sure, don’t choose their words lightly. At the moment, a visiting head of state to Britain can hardly avoid some comment on that country’s forthcoming EU referendum. Any official visit by a head of state to a foreign country is a diplomatic mission. As Britain itself is in the process of redefining its own diplomatic links by publicly debating its relationship with the EU, ...