Micheál Martin says Ireland and the EU don't want a trade war with the UK
Micheál Martin says Ireland and the EU don't want a trade war with the UK

'We don't want UK-EU trade war' - Irish PM

A UK-EU trade war would be "shocking" and "unnecessary", the Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has said.

He called on the UK government to "get into the tunnel and negotiate" over changes to the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.

The Taoiseach told the BBC that Ireland and the European Union "do not want a trade war" with the UK.

The government last week announced plans to override key parts of the Brexit deal within weeks.

Boris Johnson's government agreed the trade deal with the EU in 2019 after the UK voted to leave the bloc.

In the event of the UK unilaterally abandoning agreed elements of the deal that create barriers on goods trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the EU has the power to suspend parts of the entire post-Brexit trade deal.

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