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UK keeping all options open if no N.Ireland deal with EU, says source

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LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Britain is keeping all options on the table in talks with the EU on trade with Northern Ireland, including potentially further extending a grace period on checks on chilled meat moving from the mainland to the province, a senior UK source close to the talks said on Wednesday.

The source also said the British side still believed there were solutions to be found to ease post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland and the two sides will press on with talks before a June 30 deadline when the grace period ends.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, Editing by Paul Sandle)

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