Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Kwasi Kwarteng also urged the EU not to react in a “disproportionate” way if Britain were to trigger Article 16 and override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol as soon as this week. The Government believes the Protocol - agreed with the European Union during Brexit talks in 2019 - must be rewritten or scrapped because it requires checks on British goods entering the country, but months of negotiations with Brussels have failed to yield a new agreement. Boris Johnson will visit Belfast on Monday to urge an end to the current gridlock gripping Stormont, where DUP politicians who oppose the Protocol have blocked the election of a new Speaker. Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/05/15/trade-war-completely-self-defeating-kwasi-kwarteng-warns-eu/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture. #NorthernIreland #Politics #NIProtocol #BorisJohnson #KwasiKwarteng
