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The British government is expected to bring its bill for amendments to the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol to Parliament this Monday.
She is expected to abolish most of the customs controls between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK provided for in the Brexit deal.
If the UK unilaterally revokes the protocol, there is a risk of a trade war with the EU.
Brussels has made it clear that changes to the protocol represent a breach of international law.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson apparently sees things differently.
Great Britain only wants to solve problems with trade with Northern Ireland after Brexit in its law.
He called the changes "bureaucratic simplifications."
"Frankly, these are relatively trivial adjustments," Johnson told radio station LBC, again addressing British critics who say the legislation violates international law.
Among others, Labor Party leader Keir Starmer had told the BBC that the government's planned legislation was a breach of international law.
Should he become prime minister, he would abolish it.
The issue has been causing a dispute between the EU and Great Britain for months.
Brussels strictly rejects changes to the protocol.
It has regulated the status of the British province since Brexit almost a year and a half ago.
The agreement provides for customs controls on goods exchanged between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
London had agreed to this regulation to prevent controls at the inner-Ireland border, as this could endanger the peace process in the former troubled region.
London is now resisting controls on the Irish Sea.
Similar to Johnson, the British Minister for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis, previously expressed himself.
The draft law will not violate international law, he said on Sky News broadcaster: "What we are going to do is legal and correct." It will be seen that the government's proposal will solve the key problems of the protocol.
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