Northern Ireland protocol: how might EU respond to UK plans?
by Jennifer Rankin from on (#609ZV)
What options are open to EU as Britain publishes bill detailing plans to override parts of protocol?
The EU has vowed to use all measures at its disposal" in response to the government bill that would unilaterally override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol - a step Brussels, and many on Conservative backbenchers, see as a flagrant breach of international law.
While the threat of an economically damaging trade war has captured the headlines, it will not be the EU's first move.
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