Reuters reports that Britain is not threatening to "tear up" the Withdrawal Agreement that it signed with the European Union in January said UK trade policy minister Greg Hands on Friday, as the row between the two sides continues.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has refused to revoke a plan that will break the divorce treaty even though Brussels says it could sink four years of talks.

Hands said that a trade deal between the UK and Japan reached on Friday showed that trading partners were still keen to do deals with the UK.