Brexit Deal Put at Risk by Fears of French Fishermen
- Macron has made access to British waters a red line in talks
- French threaten to block U.K. fish exports in there’s no deal
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In Port-en-Bessin on France’s northern coast, Nicolas Cauvin loads his blue-and-white trawler up with potatoes, milk and baguettes for an eight-day trip out into British waters.
Cauvin normally gets about half of his catch from areas that will be out of bounds from Jan. 1 unless the U.K. and the European Union reach a trade deal in the next three weeks.
“We don’t know what’s in store for us,” Cauvin said, over the growl of diesel engines and the screech of the gulls. “A lot of fishing spots are going to be off limits.”