FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Prime Minister Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland March 24, 2020. Steve Humphreys/Pool via REUTERS
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A "kamikaze" threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty has backfired, but a trade deal is still possible, Ireland's deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday.
The British government's Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis on Tuesday said Britain could break international law - in a "limited way" in legislation related to the implementation of its Withdrawal Agreement divorce treaty signed with the EU in January.
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