UK's Gove: Serious problems with Northern Ireland trade, grace period must be extended

Reuters

Published Feb 02, 2021 13:08

LONDON (Reuters) - British Minister Michael Gove said there were serious problems with the post-Brexit arrangements for trade with Northern Ireland and called for an extension of the grace periods currently relaxing some rules.

"In the short term there are a number of issues which I would not describe as teething problems - they are significant issues which bear on the lives of people in Northern Ireland, which do need to be resolved," Gove told parliament.