DUP MP calls for free trade deal, cooperation with Ireland after Brexit

The European Union's proposals to ensure that there is no infrastructure on the Irish border would destroy Northern Ireland's economy by creating barriers with Britain, a Democratic Unionist Party member of parliament said on Monday.

"This would destroy our economy & be a fundamental breach of Belfast Agreement," Jeffrey Donaldson said in a Twitter post, in a reference to Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal.

"We support a free trade deal that avoids hard borders & enables continued cooperation with" the Republic of Ireland, he said.