Trade Secretary Fox keeps open 'no deal' Brexit option as business balks

Pro-Brexit lawmakers argue that if Britain rules out a no-deal Brexit, the EU will offer it a bad deal in the knowledge that the UK will have to accept it

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox kept open the possibility of Britain exiting the European Union without striking a deal on its future relationship with the bloc, even as UK businesses ratcheted up their warnings against such an outcome.
 
Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly said that “no deal is better than a bad deal,” raising fears among companies that it’s an outcome she would countenance.
 
“Our negotiating partners would not be wise if they believed that the prime minister was bluffing,” Fox said in a BBC interview to be broadcast on Saturday, the second anniversary of the vote.