UK Unveils Plans to Scrap Parts of Post-Brexit Trade Deal With EU

A truck drives past a “money changed” sign for euro, sterling, and dollar currencies on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, in Jonesborough, Northern Ireland, on May 19, 2022. Clodagh Kilcoyne /Reuters

The UK government has published plans to override the agreement with the European Union governing Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements, but denied the move violates international law.

In a statement issued on Monday, the Foreign Office said the new legislation is intended to “fix parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol—making the changes necessary to restore stability and ensure the delicate balance of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement is protected.”