So far, the EU has not had the best of experiences with Thatcher fan Liz Truss – after all, it was Truss who, in her role as Foreign Secretary, proposed a Northern Ireland Protocol bill that would undermine parts of the Brexit treaty. The fear: The conservative British politician could potentially provoke a trade war in the future. Reactions from the EU to the announcement that Truss will succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister have been correspondingly mixed. While the EU Commission and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen appeared decidedly optimistic, David McAllister, head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, voiced criticism. Eric Bonse reports.