The British government is expected to abandon the cancellation on Friday European Court of Justice As the ultimate arbiter of Northern Ireland’s trade rules, it tried to ease tensions with Brussels.

Officials said that the Brexit minister, Lord David Frost, will tell his EU minister Maros Sevkovic that governance issues can wait until they agree on practical ways to improve the flow of goods between the region and the rest of the UK. Unanimous.

London’s expectations fall Confirm UK briefing The news sent to European reporters last week was strongly denied by Downing Street.

Despite weeks of pressure from the United Kingdom, the European Union refused to discuss the role of the European Court of Justice as an arbiter of single market rules, including threats to the European Court of Justice Trigger Article 16 Procedure, Which temporarily suspended some of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade arrangements.

The Northern Ireland Agreement retains the region in the single market to avoid a trade border on the island of Ireland when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. Instead, inspections were carried out on east-west trade across the Irish Sea.

EU member states have made it clear that the use of Article 16 will face tough responses, including the possible suspension of the entire post-Brexit trade agreement.

The U.S. also proposed pressure The United Kingdom abandoned its threat, which it fears might undermine the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland. Until London changed its position, Washington had refused to remove tariffs on British steel and aluminum.

and London’s retreat, The UK’s negotiations with the EU will now focus on reducing customs procedures and food safety inspections that cause major problems for companies and consumers in Northern Ireland, and then return to governance issues.

“Since the EU will not solve all the problems we have on the table now, we are willing to consider temporary solutions to deal with the most serious problems,” a British official said. “But any such interim agreement must prevent the European Court of Justice from resolving our dispute with the European Union now and in the future.”

The UK now says that it can accept an arbitration mechanism to manage other elements of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement, which makes the European Court of Justice an arbitrator of EU law, but prevents the courts from resolving disputes related to the agreement.

At the same time, the European Commission will propose a law on Friday to ensure that Northern Ireland Continue to receive medication from England.

The pharmaceutical company stated that it is not feasible to comply with a customized regulatory regime for the region. To prevent them from suspending supply, Brussels will recognize drugs that are authorized by the British regulator to be supplied from the UK, as long as these drugs are labeled for use only in the UK.

These changes will also allow new cancer and other drugs to be used immediately after obtaining permission from the UK.

However, although the UK has played down the need for a completely frictionless trade between the UK mainland and Northern Ireland, there are still differences between the two sides on core trade issues. According to British officials, since Britain left the European Union, at least 200 British companies have stopped shipping goods to Northern Ireland.

Brussels has proposed reducing inspections of goods that are destined for Northern Ireland and are unlikely to enter Ireland and the wider single market (such as supermarket deliveries). It said that one form per truck can cut customs inspections in half. Food and animal health inspections will be reduced by 80%.

“Their proposal does not exempt individual products from customs formalities like at the international border-all they did was reduce the number of boxes on the form and leave the heaviest boxes intact. Just fill in 20 boxes on the form. It’s not 40 boxes, and it won’t really reduce the number of checks,” a British official said.

London hopes to conclude negotiations early next year and then start its campaign in the Northern Ireland elections in May. The Democratic Unity Party, the largest in the decentralized parliament, continued to oppose the agreement, while the nationalist party Sinn Fein supported the agreement.