{"id":166494,"date":"2018-06-07T05:42:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166494"},"modified":"2018-06-07T05:42:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:42:12","slug":"theresa-may-in-showdown-with-ministers-on-ireland-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/07\/theresa-may-in-showdown-with-ministers-on-ireland-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May in showdown with ministers on Ireland border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_85501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85501\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Theresa_May.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85501\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Theresa_May.jpg\" alt=\"Thursday's meeting comes amid reports that Brexit Secretary David Davis is considering resignation because he fears May's plan could force Britain to follow EU trade rules indefinitely. (Photo by ukhomeoffice [CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"592\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Theresa_May.jpg 592w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Theresa_May-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thursday&#8217;s meeting comes amid reports that Brexit Secretary David Davis is considering resignation because he fears May&#8217;s plan could force Britain to follow EU trade rules indefinitely. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ATheresa_May.jpg\">(Photo by ukhomeoffice [CC BY 2.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>LONDON- British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a showdown with senior ministers amid opposition to her proposal for avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland after the U.K. leaves the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s meeting comes amid reports that Brexit Secretary David Davis is considering resignation because he fears May&#8217;s plan could force Britain to follow EU trade rules indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>The debate centres on \u201cbackstop\u201d arrangements that would be implemented if Britain and the EU fail to agree on a broader trade deal. The goal is to ensure the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland remains open after Brexit to protect economic links and the peace process.<\/p>\n<p>May&#8217;s proposal would align British trade rules with those of the EU until a permanent deal is worked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON- British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a showdown with senior ministers amid opposition to her proposal for avoiding a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":85501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[51754,37713],"class_list":["post-166494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-brexit-secretary-david-davis","tag-british-prime-minister-theresa-may","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}