Ministers plan to introduce legislation to change Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade arrangements in coming weeks as it faces a 'very grave and serious situation', Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has announced.
Britain says it does not want to scrap the arrangement and would prefer to come to a negotiated settlement with the EU, but says elements within it must be fixed and it would continue talks.
Britain has been warned that unilaterally pulling out of the protocol could put at risk the wider free trade deal between the UK and Europe, raising the prospect of a trade war. But the EU's mandate would not allow such changes, meaning that proposals from Brussels did not address"fundamental concerns", she added."Our aim is to deliver on the protocol's objectives."
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