Brexit May Spoil Johnson’s G-7 Party
A placard on a lamppost near the Port of Larne in Larne, U.K., on Feb. 4.
Photographer: Paul Faith/BloombergThe Brexit bills are starting to fall due for Boris Johnson just as the U.K. prime minister seeks to cast himself as a global statesman leading the Group of Seven’s fight to defeat Covid-19.
Top British and European Union officials meet today to try to defuse a deepening confrontation over trade to Northern Ireland, an issue Johnson claimed to have resolved with his “oven-ready” withdrawal agreement in 2019.