Hard Brexit at year-end may be as damaging as no-deal Brexit - ECB's Knot

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A hard Brexit at the end of 2020 remains a possibility and could cut deep into foreign trade, much as if Britain were to leave the EU without a deal, European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot said on Wednesday.Britain is due to leave the bloc on Jan. 31 and the sides will then have until the end of the year to negotiate a new trade relationship - a short period given the complexity of the discussions."In economic terms there may be little difference between a no-deal..