UK drops plans to break international law as Northern Ireland deal is reached

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Northern Irish businesses have welcomed news that the UK government has agreed to abandon all Brexit clauses in the internal market and finance bills – the illegal ones – in exchange for EU promises to minimise checks and controls on food and medicine going into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Further details are expected to emerge today – and while it does not mean a trade deal with the EU will be reached, one EU source told The Guardian “this does reset things”.