Ireland Says EU-U.K. Trade Deal in Jeopardy Over Northern Ireland Row
- EU and U.K. in stand off over Northern Ireland accord
- U.K. making impossible demands, Irish foreign minister says
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The trade deal between the U.K. and the European Union will be thrown into question if Britain revokes its commitments to the Northern Ireland protocol, the Irish foreign minister warned.
The two sides are embroiled in a stand off over the protocol, an agreement that allowed the U.K. to leave the bloc’s single market without creating a hard border on the island of Ireland. U.K. Brexit minister David Frost has demanded extensive changes to the accord, saying it damages trade in the region and has suggested Britain could unilaterally row back on promises made in the deal.