The European Commission does not want it to come to that, but is ready to activate its infringement tools and sanction measures under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), such as the return of tariffs and quotas, if the UK persists in its unwillingness to implement the provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
This was the message delivered on Wednesday 9 June by Commission Vice-President Maros Šefčovič to his British counterpart, David Frost, whom he met in London both in the...