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Ministers are backing away from threats to tear up parts of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal before Christmas.
Lord Frost yesterday said it would be ‘better’ to find an agreement with Brussels than take unilateral action.
The Brexit minister had been ramping up threats to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to suspend EU customs checks he says are disrupting trade.
Speculation has been mounting in Whitehall that the move would happen this month, despite warnings from Brussels that it would spark an all-out trade war.
But a Government source last night said that although the option remained ‘on the table’ it was ‘not imminent’.
The change in tone comes amid rising hopes that a compromise can be struck.
Britain's Minister of State Lord David Frost (pictured) had been ramping up threats to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to suspend EU customs checks he says are disrupting trade
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