Liz Truss risks trade war with EU by letting Belfast blow up Brexit border deal

LIZ Truss risks a trade war with the EU by letting Belfast blow up the Brexit border deal.

Foreign Minister, with one eye on the Tory leadership, preparing for battle with Brussels.

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She paved the way for Northern Ireland to challenge Eurocrats and remove the obnoxious red tape.

Angry DUP heads are ready to order within the next few days when the EU ends its checks on goods coming from the UK.

That would anger Brussels, which will ask Number 10 to reintroduce controls or face the threat of trade retaliation.

But Ms Truss made a heavy hint last night that she would work with Belfast on Cross-Channel brewing, insisting she wanted “significant progress” by February 21.