"One of the few areas of leverage for the UK in the Brexit negotiations is the issue of the financial settlement.

"But by insisting on a strict sequencing of the exit and future trade agreement negotiations and by running down the clock, the EU is able to drastically reduce the value of that bargaining chip."

Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick

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