EU Warns UK on Commitments Ahead of More Brexit Trade Talks

EU Warns UK on Commitments Ahead of More Brexit Trade Talks
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairs a Cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, England on Sept. 1, 2020. Toby Melville - WPA Pool / Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The European Union warned the British government on Sept. 7 that any attempt to renege on commitments made ahead of its departure from the bloc earlier this year could put at risk the hard-won peace in Northern Ireland.

The comments show growing signs that trust between the two sides is evaporating ahead of another round of Brexit trade talks on Sept. 8 in London. Britain left the bloc on Jan. 31, but the two sides are in a transition period that ends at the end of this year and are negotiating their future trade ties.