UK Foreign Secretary Threatens to Override Brexit Pact Over Northern Ireland

UK Foreign Secretary Threatens to Override Brexit Pact Over Northern Ireland
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in an undated file photo. Stefan Rousseau/PA
Alexander Zhang
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UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned the EU that she’s prepared to unilaterally override parts of the post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland if negotiations fail.

Truss was handed responsibility for the negotiations after Lord David Frost resigned as Brexit minister in December 2021. She'll hold her first face-to-face talks with her EU counterpart, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, when he visits the UK on Jan. 13.