UK seeks Northern Ireland rewrite of Brexit deal
By DW
22 July 2021 |
3:37 pm
The British government has urged the EU to rethink the part of the Brexit deal that governs trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But the European Commission has refused such requests in the past.
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