The EU and the UK will conduct the latest negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol

The latest round of negotiations with the EU aims to re-discuss post-Brexit trade arrangements Northern Ireland Will start in London.

Lord Frost, the government’s chief negotiator for the EU, will work with European Commission vice president Maros Sevkovic On Friday, in the latest round of negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

In October, the European Union made a series of amendments to the agreement, which will cancel 80% of the cargo inspections between Northern Ireland and the British mainland.

But the British government Hope for further changes, including removing the role of judges as dispute arbitrators in the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Negotiations for an agreement to maintain free-flowing borderless trade on the island of Ireland remain deadlocked.

More and more people are speculating that the UK is prepared to use the exit clause of the transaction in the next few weeks.

Lord Frost told the House of Lords on Wednesday that if the dispute is not resolved, triggering Article 16-which would effectively suspend an element of the arrangement-would be Britain’s only option.

During the talks, he “has a real opportunity to get rid of confrontation, overcome our current difficulties, and establish a new and better balance.”

But he added that triggering Article 16 is “not inevitable”.

He said: “In my opinion, this negotiation process is not over yet.

“Although we have been talking for nearly four weeks now, it is still possible that the negotiations have not been carefully reviewed, including many of the methods proposed by the United Kingdom.

“There is more to do, and of course I will not give up on this process unless and until it is very clear that there is nothing more to do. Of course we have not been there yet.