British Brexit Minister David Frost said on Tuesday that the Northern Ireland protocol, which governs post-Brexit trade in the province, must change, calling it “the biggest source of mistrust” between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Post-Brexit tensions have crystalized in a worsening fight over Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. to share a land border with an EU country.
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