Boris Johnson under pressure to avoid no-deal Brexit after Biden victory
by Toby Helm, Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Lisa O'Ca from World news | The Guardian on (#5A3JT)
Whitehall fears that failure to strike a deal with the EU would threaten the special relationship
Boris Johnson will be under even greater pressure to strike a Brexit deal with Brussels when Joe Biden enters the White House, senior Tories and diplomats said on Saturday, amid fears that a no-deal outcome could seriously threaten relations with a new Democratic administration.
The Foreign Office and No 10 are urgently trying to assess the implications for UK foreign policy of a Biden presidency, including in areas such as Brexit, climate change, the Middle East, China and Nato.
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