The UK's Trade Secretary is making strides in US trade talks, having met with Dr Jewel Bronaugh, the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, yesterday. Ms Truss is aiming to strengthen economic ties with the White House over a five-day visit to the US.

       Ms Truss took to Twitter after a successful day of negotiations yesterday.

       She wrote: "Great to see Dr Bronaugh @USDA on agri trade:

       "Pushing to lift ban on UK lamb exports, US is world's 2nd largest importer.

       "Welcoming return of British beef exports to the US.

       "Cooperation on climate.

       "I gave her British Stilton to celebrate the removal of 25 percent retaliatory tariffs!"

       Securing a good deal with the US is crucial, as America is currently the UK's largest single trading partner, with total trade reaching over ￡196bn ($252bn) in 2020.

       Trade between the two countries also supports over one million jobs in each other’s economies.

       The remainder of Ms Truss's five-day visit will see the minister speak to leading Democrats and representatives from the tech industry, to discuss how a free trade agreement could set high standards for digital trade, according to a Government statement.

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       2.30pm update: Brussels buckles: EU caves and delays major plans after Washington intervention

       Brussels has dropped plans for a controversial tax on digital giants after significant pressure from Washington to shelve the proposals.

       The European Commission yesterday confirmed it would delay introducing any such measure until autumn. It comes after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen jetted into the Belgian capital for frank discussions with the EU counterparts.

       She also demanded that Hungary, Ireland and Estonia drop their opposition to a global tax reform deal that would impose a minimum levy on multinational corporations.

       Ms Yellen met with Eurozone finance ministers on Monday to discuss the issues, as well as deepening transatlantic links.

       1.40pm update: Don't you dare! Furious Ireland orders UK to tell them FIRST about Brexit plans

       Ireland has warned Boris Johnson not to take unilateral acton and suspend Brexit checks imposed on Northern Ireland.

       Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney urged Downing Street to brief his government on its plans for the Brexit deal’s protocol to a hard border.

       It comes after Lord Frost signalled he would publish a series of proposals to MPs on how to defuse the row over the border fix’s implementation. No10 is concerned that the EU’s red tape in the region is too burdensome and having a chilling effect on trade with the rest of the UK.

       Ministers have raised the prospect of unilaterally scrapping a number of the EU-ordered customs controls to protect the integrity of the country.

       12.50pm update: EU on brink as looming court showdowns could see bloc collapse THIS WEEK

       The European Union is facing a defining week for its future - with Poland seemingly challenging the bloc's entire legal order in a series of court battles.

       A trio of rulings in Warsaw and Luxembourg could have far-reaching consequences for the future of the bloc.

       The rulings could bring into question Poland’s EU membership as the battle between its eurosceptic government and Brussels set to reach a climax.

       Today, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, its top court, will consider whether provisions in EU law are compatible with the country’s constitution.

       Tomorrow the same court will consider a separate case on whether the European Court of Justice can force Warsaw to suspend its judicial reforms.

       12pm update: Hands off! EU super trawler plundering UK waters is ‘shadowed’ through environmental zone

       A massive Dutch-flagged super trawler plundering UK waters has been shadowed through a designated environmental zone to prevent it from hoovering up fish stocks by a group of environmentalists.

       But Greenpeace has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to do more, by banning such vessels from all marine protected areas (MPAs) in line with his pre-Brexit pledges.

       The environmental pressure group’s Operation Ocean Witness patrol boat kept tabs on the Willem van der Zwan as it passed through the Offshore Overfalls Marine Protected Area (MPA) off the Sussex coast.

       Greenpeace’s boat displayed a banner proclaiming “This is a marine protected area”.

       Fiona Nicholls, a Greenpeace UK oceans campaigner, said: “Supertrawlers like the Willem van der Zwan spend thousands of hours each year fishing inside our protected areas at sea. They endanger the health of our oceans, remove unimaginably vast quantities of fish from the ecosystem, and destroy the livelihoods of local fishers all around the UK.”

       11.20am update: 'This is subjugation' Brexiteers outraged as EU demands UK play by its rules

       The EU has been accused of trying to subjugate Britain as the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol heats up.

       The Government has warned it will not be pushed into "bending over backwards" to the tune played by Brussels as both sides remain locked in the post-Brexit dispute. Furious Express.co.uk readers accused Brussels of attempting to limit the freedoms of the UK, which left the bloc in January 2020.

       A Government source said: “We want to find the best way forward for Northern Ireland, we are confident of a suitable arrangement.

       But we won’t simply bend over backwards as we need to ensure the protection of the Belfast Agreement in all its dimensions. It’s an extremely delicate balance."

       10.30am update: Brussels Brexit plot exposed: EU 'antagonising' tensions to break up UK - MP attacks

       A Brexiteer has issued a scathing attack against the EU while exposing its plans to break up the UK.

       Despite the issues in Northern Ireland, Sir John Redwood claimed the EU was attempting to turn the country into a "full and permanent member" of its single market.

       While the Northern Ireland Protocol was created to stop the creation of the border in Ireland and retain Northern Ireland as part of the UK customs territory, the MP for Wokingham insisted Brussels was using the "extreme interpretations".

       Such are the extreme measures the EU has taken, Sir John warned Boris Johnson has been too tolerant of Brussels.

       9.40am update: Brexit fury as fishermen list 'litany of frustrations' with EU deal

       Brexit fury is mounting as British fishermen have been handed only "red tape and disappointment" after being promised a bounty of opportunities, a Scottish Liberal Democrat MP has said.

       Alastair Carmichael argued that six months on from the UK's exit from the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) the country's ailing industry has yet to be given the big boost that was expected.

       He tore apart Boris Johnson's fishing deal with Brussels, saying it fell short of the "sea of opportunities" the Prime Minister had pledged to trawlermen.

       Mr Carmichael said fishermen, processors and exporters up and down the country are "suffering from structural problems created by the new barriers put up between them and their biggest markets" thanks to Mr Johnson's deal.

       9am update: Lord Frost to stand firm! UK will NOT 'bend over backwards' as EU border row erupts

       Lord Frost is set to stand firm against the EU and will urge them to respect UK sovereignty amid the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

       Ministers at Westminster and Stormont were closely watching the peak of the annual marching in Northern Ireland amid anger among pro-British unionists at post-Brexit trade barriers.

       The Protocol is deeply unpopular with unionists and loyalists as it creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and means EU rules governing trade in goods still apply in the region.

       Ahead of a Parliamentary Statement in the House of Lords by Lord Frost later this month, the UK Government made clear the country would not “bend over backwards” to the European Union after Brussels said they had be

       8.10am update: Brexit chaos as Government holds crisis talks over shortage of truck drivers

       Britain is facing Brexit chaos as the Government has been forced to hold crisis talks over a shortage of truck drivers.

       Officials at the Department for Transport (DfT) are said to be holding talks with industry chiefs over a sgortage of 100,000 truck drivers due to Brexit and the Covid pandemic.

       One measure could be bringing in short-term visas, the Telegraph has reported.

       A source said: “Everyone involved is sworn to secrecy as the Home Office is taking a very hard line. The Home Office has the final decision on this and the DfT knows it has a very tough sell, so need the very best evidence.”