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Brexit negotiator says UK unafraid to walk away without deal

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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, May 18, 2020, traffic moves along the M6 motorway near Birmingham, England. Trade associations representing British freight haulers and storage companies are asking for urgent talks with government leaders to allay concerns over preparations for Brexit, that may threaten supplies of critical goods caused by border controls and computer systems. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, FILE)
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The Prime Minister will attend the first session of Prime Ministers Questions since parliament returned Tuesday after the summer break. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, United Kingdom's Brexit envoy David Frost arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels. Britains chief Brexit negotiator Frost is quoted in a newspaper Sunday Sept. 6, 2020, saying Britain wants to get back the powers to control our borders and that is the most important thing, as he talks tough ahead of crucial Brexit trade talks, saying the U.K. was not afraid to walk away. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, FILE)
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends the MEDEF business union summer forum, at the Paris Longchamp racetrack in Paris, Wednesday Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, United Kingdom's Brexit advisor David Frost arrives at EU headquarters for a technical meeting on Brexit, in Brussels. Britains chief Brexit negotiator Frost is quoted in a newspaper Sunday Sept. 6, 2020, saying Britain wants to get back the powers to control our borders and that is the most important thing, as he talks tough ahead of crucial Brexit trade talks, saying the U.K. was not afraid to walk away. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, FILE)

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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, May 18, 2020, traffic moves along the M6 motorway near Birmingham, England. Trade associations representing British freight haulers and storage companies are asking for urgent talks with government leaders to allay concerns over preparations for Brexit, that may threaten supplies of critical goods caused by border controls and computer systems. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, FILE)