EU could set aside Brexit trade deal if UK suspends NI Protocol, Coveney warns

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (Niall Carson/PA)

A UK move to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol could see the EU doing likewise with the Brexit trade deal, the foreign minister has warned.

Simon Coveney said it appeared the UK was set to follow through with its threat to trigger the Article 16 suspension mechanism within the post-Brexit arrangements for Irish Sea trade.