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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain set out steps on Tuesday to try to break the deadlock with the European Union on trade with Northern Ireland, lining up a new law that would effectively override parts of a Brexit deal and further inflame ties with Brussels.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: People hold placards as they attend a candlelit vigil on the border between Ireland’s Donegal county and Londonderry county in Northern Ireland in Lifford, Ireland, October 16, 2019. REUTERS\/Phil Noble\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

In a statement to parliament, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said planned legislation would ease the movement of goods, apply Britain\u2019s tax regime in Northern Ireland and hand London more say over the laws governing the province.<\/p>\n

She repeatedly told lawmakers the legislation would not break international law and that London would press on with talks with Brussels to try to find a negotiated solution.<\/p>\n

But despite EU warnings over taking unilateral action, the new law would change parts of the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, agreed with the bloc as part of the deal over Britain\u2019s exit from the EU.<\/p>\n

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said such action was \u201cnot acceptable\u201d and that Brussels would respond with all measures at its disposal. Ireland described the move as one \u201cof great concern\u201d, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he thought a trade war was unlikely.<\/p>\n

Johnson agreed to the protocol in 2019 to allow Britain to leave the EU\u2019s single market and customs union without controls being re-imposed on the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, vital to the 1998 Good Friday peace deal that ended three decades of violence.<\/p>\n

By striking such a deal, he effectively agreed to a customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. Britain now says the protocol is unworkable, and months of talks with the EU have failed to find any solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am announcing our intention to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to make changes to the protocol,\u201d Truss said to jeers from the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur preference remains a negotiated solution with the EU and in parallel with the legislation being introduced, we remain open to further talks.\u201d<\/p>

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She said the government would pursue passing the legislation through parliament regardless of how any future talks progressed with the EU but it could be changed if an agreement was reached.<\/p>\n

The legislation foresees a \u201cgreen channel\u201d for goods moving from Britain to Northern Ireland, scrapping rules that prevent the province from benefiting from tax assistance and ending the role of the European Court of Justice as the sole arbiter.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Johnson said the government needed an \u201cinsurance\u201d option to be able to unilaterally override some post-Brexit trade rules because the protocol, as is, was threatening a hard-won peace in the British-ruled province.<\/p>\n

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Stephen Doughty, a foreign policy spokesperson for the opposition Labour Party, agreed there were problems but said Britain needed \u201ccalm heads and responsible leadership\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is deeply troubling for the foreign secretary to be proposing a bill to apparently break the treaty that the government itself signed just two years ago, that will not resolve issues in Northern Ireland in the long term, and rather it will undermine trust,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The EU has repeatedly said any trade difficulties must be resolved within the parameters of the protocol.<\/p>\n

Sefcovic said the British government\u2019s announcement that \u201cwould disapply constitutive elements of the protocol, raises significant concerns\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould the UK decide to move ahead with a bill disapplying constitutive elements of the protocol as announced today by the UK government, the EU will need to respond with all measures at its disposal,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, said he deeply regretted the decision. \u201cThe path chosen is of great concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Britain has postponed bringing in many of the checks foreseen by the protocol, which has snarled some foodstuffs in red tape at a time when food and energy prices are rising, fuelling recession concerns.<\/p>\n

Before the announcement, Archie Norman, chairman of retailer Marks & Spencer and a former Conservative Party lawmaker, said what the government was proposing seemed to be a \u201ctriumph of common sense\u201d.<\/p>\n

Angela McGowan, the Confederation of British Industry\u2019s Northern Ireland Director, called on both sides to show flexibility to secure \u201cpeace and prosperity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith good political will a landing zone can undoubtedly be found so that GB-NI trade flows are smoothed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The outcome of regional elections in Northern Ireland increased pressure on Johnson to introduce changes to the protocol after unionists refused to join a new administration unless there were changes to the trading rules.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the largest pro-British grouping the Democratic Unionist Party, welcomed Truss\u2019s commitment to action but he reserved judgment on whether his party would as yet return to the power-sharing administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to see progress on a bill in order to deal with these matters in days and weeks, not months,\u201d Donaldson told parliament. \u201cWe want to see the Irish Sea border removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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