Why Northern Ireland Keeps U.K. and Europe at Odds

Why Northern Ireland Keeps U.K. and Europe at Odds

The U.K. and the European Union are wrangling over Brexit arrangements covering trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland that are designed to avoid the return of a hard border with the Republic of Ireland. The current regime, known as the Northern Ireland Protocol, is stifling the flow of goods and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government wants to rewrite the arrangements painstakingly agreed to in years of negotiations. The tensions are a reminder that, even though the U.K. offici