Emmanuel Macron warned threat to block Christmas shipments to Britain over Brexit fishing row could cost France billions
The French leader has threatened to snarl up shipments at Dover in a row over fishingAnd freight firms are already flocking to North Sea routes via Belgium, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia after being "spooked" byTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has ordered a review of capacity at ports along Britain's east coast with a view to increasing their use.
"France is one of our oldest and closest allies but we cannot have Dover-Calais forever used as a political lever, which can be pulled during some periodic spat. That would rip up the "green lane" system in the Brexit trade deal under which trucks just transiting France shouldn't be stopped.
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