Ireland Dusts Off Brexit Contingency Plans as Trade Tensions Mount

Ireland Dusts Off Brexit Contingency Plans as Trade Tensions Mount
Ireland's Prime Minister Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks during a news conference related on the CCP virus at Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2020. Steve Humphreys/Pool via Reuters
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DUBLIN—Irish government ministers have met to dust off contingency plans in case disagreements between Britain and the European Union trigger major trade disruption, deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.

The European Union last week said that Britain had made no move to seek a compromise on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland and cautioned London against triggering emergency unilateral provisions.