FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Europe adviser David Frost leaves the European Commission headquarters after a meeting with officials in Brussels, Belgium, October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -British Brexit minister David Frost said on Wednesday that Brussels should stay calm and avoid embarking on "massive and disproportionate retaliation" if London follows through on its threat to escalate a post-Brexit trade dispute.
Frost said he wasn't yet ready to give up on talks aimed at finding a solution, but repeated that Britain could trigger emergency unilateral provisions in the Brexit deal, a warning which has increased tensions between the two sides.
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