[Global Times-Global Network Reporter Ni Hao] The dispute between the United Kingdom and the European Union over the trade issue in Northern Ireland has escalated.
British Prime Minister Johnson warned on the 12th that it may suspend compliance with part of the Brexit agreement.
WTO Director-General Ivira hopes that the tension between the two sides will not rise to a trade war.
Bloomberg commented that this turmoil may cast a shadow on Johnson's carefully arranged G7 summit.
Bloomberg reported that Johnson warned on Saturday local time that if the trade dispute over goods shipped to Northern Ireland is not resolved, the UK may suspend compliance with part of the Brexit agreement.
According to the report, the UK has had a series of tense talks with the European Union, and there is little time left to resolve the issue.
EU officials confirmed that there are serious differences between the two sides in the closed-door talks, and that such contradictions have now become public.
Bloomberg said that the EU also threatened that if the British government violates the Brexit agreement, the EU will take countermeasures.
It remains to be seen whether Johnson will persist in the end and the extent of the war of words between the two sides.
Reuters reported on the evening of the 12th that WTO Director-General Ivira said in an interview with reporters at the G7 summit that he hoped that the dispute between Britain and the European Union would not escalate into a trade war.
She believes that this situation is too costly for both parties, and is not what the world needs now.