UK’s Kwarteng Says EU Trade War Over Northern Ireland Unlikely
- Business Secretary Kwarteng sees trade war as ‘self-defeating’
- UK Foreign Secretary may set out N. Ireland plans this week
The port of Larne on the north-east coast of Northern Ireland.
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The UK government doesn’t expect that a possible decision to override parts of its Brexit deal’s conditions for Northern Ireland will lead to a trade war with the European Union, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC.