Johnson says confident of tariff-free trade deal with EU

BELFAST (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said he was confident that he could secure a zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal with the European Union, which would ensure no checks on goods being moved from Britain to Northern Ireland. Johnson was speaking to journalists in Northern Ireland, a British region that has agreed to maintain alignment with EU market rules under Britain's EU exit deal in order to avoid a hard border with EU member Ireland. "The only..