EU raises spectre of trade war if UK rewrites Northern Ireland protocol

But she claimed the protocol in its current form jeopardised the stability of the Good Friday agreement, which she said was “under strain”, and the government would act unilaterally if necessary.we are clear that there is a necessity to act to ensure the institutions can be restored as soon as possible,” Truss said.

Meanwhile the former taoiseach Leo Varadkar, a co-architect of the protocol, told a Co-operation Ireland business dinner in Dublin that the move was “breeding mistrust in EU capitals”. The EU could hit UK goods with tariffs within seven days of legal action or freeze the entire trade deal agreed with Boris Johnson in 2020,, according to Catherine Barnard, an EU law professor at the University of Cambridge. Legal action against the UK that was frozen as a goodwill gesture last year would probably be restarted.

Brussels sources say no decisions have been taken about how to respond if Truss does legislate and expressed hope the UK would return to the negotiating table to discuss changes proposed by the EU. It was suggested that if the government tabled a bill, Brussels would issue a formal warning and launch a process to decide on retaliatory measures.proposals to lighten customs and administrative checksHowever, Truss dismissed these in the Commons.

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