Boris Johnson fears breach of EU-UK trade agreement as fishing row continues
France was angered by a decision from the UK and Jersey last month to deny licences for French boats to fish in UK waters. It argued that this was a breach of the Brexit deal.
The country then warned it would block British boats from landing their catches in some French ports next week and tighten checks on UK boats and trucks if the dispute was not resolved by Tuesday.said if necessary the UK would respond in turnThe government also said it was considering launching "dispute settlement proceedings" with the EU if France goes ahead with the "unjustified measures".
French ambassador Catherine Colonna was summoned to the Foreign Office to be told of "the disappointing and disproportionate threats made against the UK and Channel Islands", the government added. She departed from the Whitehall building 20 minutes after arriving.As part of the agreement, licences would be given to vessels that could show they had fished in each other's waters for years. But there have been disputes about how much evidence is needed.
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