THE UK Government has come under fire for plunging businesses in Scotland into further uncertainty as Boris Johnson threatens to rip up the Brexit trade deal over the Northern Ireland protocol row.
The SNP described Tory threats to scrap the trade deal as a “further hammer blow” to thousands of Scottish businesses that rely on exports to the EU and are recovering from the pandemic. Exports to European countries are worth £16.4bn to the Scottish economy and the SNP has warned that a trade war with the EU would put Scotland’s world-class produce at risk.
