LONDON, Aug. 5 -- International Trade Secretary Liam Fox put the chances Sunday of Britain leaving the European Union with no deal at 60-40, blaming the intransigence of Brussels.
Fox, a key member of Prime Minister Theresa May's top ministerial team, revealed his fears of Britain crashing out of the EU in an interview with the London-based Sunday Times (ST) newspaper.
The ST quoted an unnamed source at 10 Downing Street saying both Britain and the EU remained confident of achieving a good deal.
Fox, who has just completed a trade mission to Japan, told the ST he had previously not thought the prospects of a no-deal Brexit were more than 50-50, but the risk of no trade deal with Brussels had now increased.
Fox accused Eurocrats of harboring a theological obsession with EU rules rather than economic wellbeing, which would lead to only one outcome, the report added.
The ST said Fox's intervention comes amid growing fears about the potential collapse in talks over a post-Brexit trade deal.
Downing Street has so far refused to say what May achieved when she met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in the south of France on Friday to discuss her soft-Brexit blueprint for a future relationship with the EU.
Fox commented if the European Commission doesn't like the deal Britain has put on the table it's down to them to come up with one that they suggest would be acceptable to Britain
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