The European Union is working on a plan to impose trade sanctions on the United Kingdom in response to what it perceives as London’s lack of effort to come to a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol from the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, The Times reported on Saturday. The sources familiar with the matter stated senior EU officials believed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “taking us for fools” and that its chief negotiator David Frost “completely failed to engage” in the talks. Another source reaffirmed earlier reports about the bloc thinking the UK is trying to undermine the protocol. Back in March, the European Commission started a “formal infringement process” against Britain over what it described as London’s decision to “unilaterally delay the full application of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland concerning the movement of goods and pet travel from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.”