Northern Irish Minister Sees Merit in U.K. Triggering Article 16
- Edwin Poots says protocol suspension would ease port checks
- Comments come amid heightened Brexit tensions with EU
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Northern Ireland will be better off if the U.K. government triggers Article 16 of the Brexit agreement and suspends part of the deal, according to the region’s agriculture minister and former Democratic Unionist Party leader Edwin Poots.