Eyes on Downing Street, Liz Truss Faces Tricky Brexit Choice
- Foreign secretary resumes negotiations with EU over N. Ireland
- Truss risks angering party faithful with EU deal over region
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss enters the latest round of post-Brexit negotiations over Northern Ireland, facing a choice between picking a fight with the European Union that would curry favor with her Conservative Party faithful or cutting a deal to avert a trade war.
Truss, who took responsibility for the talks following the resignation of former Brexit chief David Frost in December, will meet European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic at the foreign secretary’s country residence, Chevening House, on Thursday, according to a government statement. It is their first face-to-face meeting, and talks will go on into Friday.