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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Amanda Ferguson

EU, UK made progress on resumed N.Ireland talks - Ireland's Coveney

FILE PHOTO: A poster reading "scrap the NI protocol save the good Friday agreement" is seen at the port in Larne, Northern Ireland June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

Britain and the European Union made some progress last week on their long running post-Brexit trade row over Northern Ireland after talks resumed for the first time in over seven months, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Wednesday.

The two sides are deadlocked over the Northern Ireland protocol, the part of the Brexit deal that mandated checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom due to its open land border with EU member Ireland.

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