UK sets out new law to fix post-brexit N.ireland trade

LONDON,MAY17(REUTERS)- Britain set out steps on Tuesday to try to break the deadlock with the European Union on trade with Northern Ireland, lining up a new law that would effectively override parts of a Brexit deal and further inflame ties with Brussels.

In a statement to parliament, Foreign Secretary

Liz Truss said planned legislation would ease the movement of goods, apply Britain’s tax regime in Northern Ireland and hand London more say over the laws governing the province.

She repeatedly told lawmakers the legislation would not break international law and that London would press on with talks with Brussels to try to find a negotiated solution.

But despite EU warnings over taking unilateral action, the new law would change parts of the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, agreed with the bloc as part of the deal over Britain’s exit from the EU.