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Matthew Holehouse, Brexit correspondent for Mlex news service, said Britain’s threat to walk away from the negotiation table if it does not get the right deal has “shocked” Brussels leaders. Speaking on the Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, Mr Holehouse warned the European Union was unsure how to deal with UK negotiators. He said: “There’s an element of shock and alarm on the EU 27 part, in that what they thought they’d been dealing with, a stable and rational country for 43 years, suddenly doesn’t look very stable at all. “All this talk of ‘no deal’ scenarios, rather than strengthening the UK’s hand because it makes the EU think that the UK’s serious and has got other options, really just spreads alarm that you’re not dealing with a rational actor. Matthew Holehouse said EU chiefs were "alarmed" at the UK's Brexit position “Nobody in the EU27 thinks that leaving without a deal and losing all the bilatera...

Germany would rather see their own carmakers suffer than offer the UK a good Brexit deal, an economist has claimed. Ruth Lea, an Economic Adviser at Arbuthnot Banking Group, said Germany “have a lot to lose” if Brexit negotiations fall through with the Brussels bloc. This week the Prime Minister confirmed the UK was preparing for a “no deal” scenario with the EU if talks fail. Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Ms Lea warned German manufacturers about the risks of “no deal”. “I have always thought that actually, Germany has got quite a lot to lose if there isn’t a trade deal,” she said. “They do have an absolutely ginormous trade surplus with us. Economist Ruth Lea warned Angela Merkel about the impacts of Brexit to German industries “Actually the EU has a trade surplus of visible trade of about £80billion to £90billion which is enormous. “ Germany’s trade surplus with the UK is £2.5billion ...