Foreign Office says EU should not be treated as nation state, despite 142 countries granting bloc this status.

Boris Johnson warned against ‘protectionism’ and violation of WTO rules.

Britain is pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it signed with the European Union.

The European Union (EU) has confirmed it is holding back the UK’s access to the £81bn ‘Horizon Europe’ programme as a response to Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up the Northern Ireland protocol.

The EU's ambassador to the U.K. on Sunday conceded there was little trust between the two sides ahead of a meeting this week to discuss contentious trade barriers with Northern Ireland.

The EU’s ambassador to the UK Joao Vale de Almeida urged against taking unilateral action to rewrite the Northern Ireland Protocol.