British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he could not rule out triggering trade dispute action against France next week in a post-Brexit row over fishing that has further strained relations and could ultimately disrupt the flow of goods.
ROME - Britain stepped up a war of words with France on Saturday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson refusing to rule out triggering trade dispute action next week in a fishing row and his Brexit minister sharply criticising Paris' actions.
After an earlier British-hosted G7 meeting was overshadowed by a disagreement with the EU over post-Brexit problems with the movement of sausages and other goods to Northern Ireland, Johnson also made a move to defuse the row. "But what I think everybody wants to see cooperation between the European allies and Emmanuel Macron and I share a common perspective which is that climate change is a disaster for humanity."
Frost said he hoped "this opinion is not held more widely across the EU", calling its expression in a letter "clearly very troubling and very problematic". "We have been seeking to work with the French government to issue more fishing licences, we stand ready to continue that work," Johnson's spokesman said.
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