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DUP expects new UK law on post-Brexit N. Ireland trade in early June

DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson arrives for a meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister Taoiseach Micheal Martin regarding issues surrounding the Northern Ireland protocol and power sharing impasse, at the Grand Central Hotel, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

The British government plans to bring forward legislation in early June to unilaterally scrap some of the rules governing post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, the leader of the region's largest pro-British party said on Friday.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday she would introduce the new law "in the coming weeks" while also continuing talks with the European Union to break a deadlock on the Northern Ireland protocol. The move caused anger across the EU and among some senior U.S. lawmakers.

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