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Josh Salisbury

‘Severe risk’ of trade war with Brussels, Britain’s former ambassador to EU warns

Ivan Rogers, former U.K. envoy to the European Union

(Picture: (Bloomberg via Getty Images))

There is a “severe risk that we are heading into a trade war" with Brussels, Britain’s former ambassador to the EU has warned.

The Government could potentially unilaterally override parts of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol but ministers have insisted this would not necessarily lead to a trade war with the EU.

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