'Sausage war' talks yield threats
Britain and the EU didn´t agree on any solutions to ease post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland and exchanged threats Slovíčka
Since Britain completed a tortuous exit from the EU last year, its relations with Brussels have soured further, with both sides accusing each other of bad faith over a part of their trade deal that covers goods movements to Northern Ireland.
The row has been dubbed the "sausage war" by British media because it affects the movement of chilled meats from Britain to Northern Ireland.
It stepped up a gear with Britain saying it could again unilaterally extend a grace period for introducing checks on some goods, and the EU saying it could advance its legal action, a step that could end in tariffs and quotas.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants a summit of the world's seven largest advanced economies to showcase what he calls "global Britain".
But he could receive a warning from U.S. President Joe Biden, who, according to the Times newspaper, will tell London to respect a deal with the EU that was designed to protect a 23-year-old peace settlement in Northern Ireland.
In the latest round of talks, British Brexit minister David Frost, who is also expected to attend the summit, met European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic in London to try to resolve the differences over the Northern Ireland protocol.
"We had some pretty frank and honest discussions. Ther weren't any breakthroughs. There aren't any breakdowns either, and we are going to carry on talking," Frost told reporters. "What we now need to do is very urgently find some solutions."
Sefcovic responded in kind, saying the EU was considering advancing its legal challenge over Britain's actions in Northern Ireland, which could result in a court case by autumn or the eventual imposition of tariffs and quotas. Preserving the delicate peace in Northern Ireland without allowing the United Kingdom a back door into the European
Union's single market through the 310-mile (500 km) Irish land border was one of the trickiest issues of the Brexit divorce.
The result was the Northern Ireland protocol, which essentially kept the British-ruled province in the EU's customs union and a hering to many of the rules of its single market -- both of which the rest of Britain has left.
Brussels accuses London of failing to implement agreed checks on some goods moving from Britain to Northern Ireland has started legal action over London's unilateral extension of a "no-checks" grace period.
London says it has no choice because some of the checks hamper supplies to Northern Irish supermarkets. It has also pointed to rising tensions among pro-British unionists i, who say the protocol undermines the 1998 peace agreement.
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