As a bloc, the EU has an economic might it can use to obtain leverage in the Brexit talks. It is the world's biggest trading bloc — with Britain in, it's a single market of around 500 million people. As Britain leaves the EU and its tariff-less single market, goods and services would face new duties, hurting companies on both sides. The risk is other countries could then be tempted to leave the EU and single market as well. "Don't lose your time imagining that there will be conflicts between the negotiator and the EU members.

Source: ABC News March 20, 2018 14:03 UTC