Q&A: What is happening with the Northern Ireland Protocol?

The new legislation tabled by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss enables the government to bring forward four key factors overriding the international treaty.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

What’s happening?

The British government has published new legislation which would override key elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol, an international treaty they negotiated and signed to deal with the fallout of Brexit.