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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Alistair Smout

Speculation on N. Ireland protocol deal premature, DUP leader says

FILE PHOTO: Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), speaks to the media after meeting with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar, at the Stormont Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Britain January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan

Speculation that a long-standing dispute between Britain and the European Union over the Northern Ireland protocol is close to being resolved is premature, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party told Reuters on Wednesday.

A new deal to resolve the dispute between Britain and the bloc over Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading rules could be announced within weeks, according to several media reports.

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