UK demands ‘significant change’ of Northern Ireland trade rules
Al Jazeera
Brexit minister David Frost calls on EU to allow changes to post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland.
British Brexit minister David Frost made an impassioned plea to the European Union on Tuesday to allow for “significant change” to post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, saying only that could draw the poison from their relations.
On Tuesday, a day before the EU is expected to present its proposals to solve a standoff over part of the Brexit divorce deal, Frost again warned Brussels London could unilaterally waive some of the terms of its agreement if the bloc failed to budge.
In a speech that was part explanation of the United Kingdom’s 2016 vote to leave the EU and part accusation that Brussels was all but purposefully trying to further complicate relations, Frost again appealed for resolution to a problem that has run for months.
