British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to establish a food "freeze" between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, potentially leading to a customs border along the Irish Sea. He warned that such a move could break up the United Kingdom and has prompted the British government to introduce a bill to rewrite the post-Brexit agreement. Meanwhile, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has warned that the British economy could face significant consequences in the event of post-Brexit trade talks failing without a deal. Additionally, the potential new status of Great Britain as a third country could lead to administrative obstacles to exports and threaten the protection of Italian food products with geographical and quality indications, causing unfair competition from imitation products.