Britain and the EU are preparing to avoid a diplomatic confrontation this week over post-Brexit trading arrangements on Northern Ireland, according to officials on both sides.
The sides are expected to agree a diplomatic finesse to avoid a September 15 legal deadline on grace periods becoming a flashpoint in the relationship, which has soured over the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol on trade.
There were fears last month that Liz Truss, UK prime minister, might immediately trigger the Article 16 safeguards clause in the protocol to maintain the grace periods, which allow for temporary lighter-touch implementation of the deal, but insiders in London and Brussels said these have now have been allayed.
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