London wants more flexibility from EU on goods checks as Biden expected to intervene

‘The EU has no intention of letting the UK wriggle out of what it signed up to, so we should expect UK/EU relations to get worse before they get better’

British minister blames bloc’s member states for lack of progress on the issue

David Frost, who negotiated the protocol, says UK will ‘consider all options’

Lewis tells MPs he will look to convene a meeting at an ‘appropriate time’

ERG says EU’s threat to trigger article 16 creates a ‘unique political opportunity’

Minister tells Westminster committee issues can be resolved within the agreement

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London Letter: Threat to trigger article 16 is empty and would make of PM a pariah

Boris Johnson earlier threatened to invoke Article 16 unless his demands were met

Foster ignores calls to dial down political rhetoric on protocol

Johnson’s idea of mere ‘teething problems’ for NI trade contradicted by UK minister

An EU-UK deal on the North removes an implicit threat to the Belfast Agreement

Minister to tell MPs why government withdrew treaty-breaking clauses from Bill

Ray of hope as key obstacle falls away ahead of Johnson’s meeting with von der Leyen