DUBLIN/BRUSSELS — Ireland called on the European Union and Britain on Thursday to dial down the rhetoric in a blame game over post-Brexit trade frictions after Brussels rejected most of London’s demands for easier trade with Northern Ireland.
Britain’s exit from the EU’s trading orbit in January has led to significant disruption to trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, straining relations as London and Brussels hold each other responsible for the problem.
The dispute revolves around the EU’s insistence on Britain honoring its withdrawal treaty which left the British province of Northern Ireland within the EU’s single market sphere due to its open …
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