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If the EU leadership goes the route of tit for tat and tries to punish Britain, Brexit will be the first round of a very unhappy story.
Dean Baker
Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.
Dean previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and the OECD's Trade Union Advisory Council.
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