Is there a trade war brewing between the U.K. and the European Union?

EU authorities suspect that Johnson is seeking an excuse to blow up the treaty so that he can scapegoat the Europeans for the ensuing trade war and renewed war in Northern Ireland.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured walking into 10 Downing Street in London ahead of a COVID-19 press conference on Sept. 14, 2021.
LONDON, U.K.—International treaties are serious business. A lot of time and effort goes into negotiating them, and they become part of international law. It’s very rare for a politician to say, only a couple of years after negotiating a treaty, that his country always felt it was “a little bit...

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