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UK ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU

FILE - Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson pauses as he speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Monday, May 9, 2022. Britain and the European Union are once again at loggerheads over Brexit on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The U.K. government has ramped up threats to scrap parts of its trade treaty with the bloc, saying the rules are preventing the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

FILE - From left, Sinn Fein's Pat Finucane, Michelle O'Neil, party leader Mary Lou McDonald and Conor Murphy walk through the corridors of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in Belfast, Monday, May 9, 2022. Britain and the European Union are once again at loggerheads over Brexit on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The U.K. government has ramped up threats to scrap parts of its trade treaty with the bloc, saying the rules are preventing the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

FILE - Elizabeth Truss, Britain's Foreign Secretary leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Britain and the European Union are once again at loggerheads over Brexit on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The U.K. government has ramped up threats to scrap parts of its trade treaty with the bloc, saying the rules are preventing the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

UK ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU