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Wetherspoon Pub Boss Slams EU For ‘Bullying’ British Business

by Liam Deacon The Brexit-supporting head of JD Wetherspoon, the UK’s largest pub chain, has hit out at European Union (EU) officials for “bullying” British business and threatening the imposition of punitive tariffs after the Brexit vote. Tim Martin argued European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was pressuring European firms to take a hostile attitude to trading with the British and was getting in the way of productive trade talks. He said the UK was in a stronger position than people thought, and the EU’s stance would put sales of European champagne, German beer, and Swedish cider to UK consumers “at extreme… View Article