LONDON — The United Kingdom and the European Union reached a new deal on Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements aimed at ending years of often acrimonious wrangling and paving the way for warmer relations more than half a decade after Britons voted for Brexit.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said negotiations had led to a change in the legal text of the Northern Ireland Protocol, a part of the U.K.’s divorce deal with the EU governing trade with the region.
Sunak said sealing the deal — known as the “Windsor Framework” — was a “decisive moment,” while von der Leyen described it as “extraordinary” and said it would ensure a “long-lasting” solution for all parties.
