The Northern Ireland Protocol - agreed in the Brexit deal - is designed to avoid customs checks along the Irish border. The British Government has demanded the terms of the protocol be renegotiated to ensure economic and social frictions developing in Northern Ireland are resolved.

       But the EU rejected demands from London for new talks, sparking threats from Brexit Minister Lord Frost to trigger Article 16 for the unilaterally safeguard the union.

       Now, Lord Frost is set to signal to his EU counterpart, Maros Sefcovic, that the Government will renew efforts to get a deal on the Protocol.

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