The UK government said it was "actively considering" launching legal action under the Brexit deal if France carried out its threat to increase customs checks as the countries dispute over fishing licences.
Brexit minister David Frost said the UK was "actively considering launching dispute settlement proceedings" over the fishing row and urged the "EU and France to step back from rhetoric and actions that make this more difficult."
The French government has said that it is still waiting on obtaining a number of fishing licences and has accused London of not respecting the Brexit deal which said that fishermen could continue to fish in British waters if they obtained a licence and proved that they previously were fishing there.
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