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The UK and the European Union announced on Tuesday an agreement to manage trade with Northern Ireland after Brexit, knowing that it will have the UK’s only land border with the European bloc from next year.
After a meeting in Brussels, British Minister Michael Gove and European Commission Vice President Maros Sivkovic said the agreement was “in principle” and includes border arrangements. As a result, London will withdraw three disputed provisions in a bill before Parliament that would have deprived Brussels of having a say in future trade deals between Northern Ireland and European Union member state Ireland.
Earlier, European chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday that the European Union is united and will reject any unnecessary sacrifices to secure a deal with the United Kingdom, while talks between the two sides on the post-Brexit phase are still underway. In a dead end.
“We will never sacrifice our future for the present. Access to our market comes with conditions,” Barnier said in a tweet after briefing the EU’s foreign ministers on the status of the negotiations.
