Northern Ireland protocol

Some progress to ease GB-NI border friction, but our costs are rising, says industry

Industry has welcomed the progress as the EU and UK edge closer towards easing GB-Northern Ireland border friction.
But it has also urged governments to get past their “significant differences”.
A spokesperson said cabinet minister David Frost would be meeting with EC vice president Maros Sefcovic tomorrow, part of a promise to work through issues surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol.
“We remain in regular contact at all levels,” the spokesperson told The Loadstar. “The …

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Sort out row over NI Protocol so logistics can start planning longer-term

Legal and political struggles over the Northern Ireland Protocol pose little immediate danger to day-to-day supply chain operations, but do threaten the viability of strategic future planning.
Yesterday, the EU began legal proceedings against the UK over its decision to extend grace periods on new customs checks on products moving GB-NI, said to be an infringement of the protocol, with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) launching a judicial review of the …

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UK government in legal tug of war over Northern Ireland as EU launches court action

Downing Street is embroiled in a legal tug of war, potentially threatening the stability of Northern Ireland and further eroding confidence in post-Brexit UK trade.
As the EU began legal proceedings over the UK’s decision to extend grace periods on products moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, said to be an infringement of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has launched a judicial review of the protocol …

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Northern Ireland ‘hamstrung’ by Brexit, which may threaten quality of life

Brexit has “hamstrung” Northern Ireland, with its unfettered access to Great Britain reduced and a fix potentially months away as business waits on the UK government to supply accurate data.
Senior economist at Ulster University’s Business School Esmond Birnie warned that costs in NI were rising “far more rapidly” than in the other three UK nations.
Left unchecked, this could price the region out of the UK, he said.
“We’ve no official quarterly …

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Call for review of ‘vexatious’ NI Protocol after problems with customs checks

Suspending checks on animal and food items crossing the Irish Sea has exposed failings in the Northern Ireland Protocol, with calls for an urgent overhaul of the agreement.
The Northern Ireland parliament in Stormont announced on Tuesday that Brexit checks on animal and food products crossing from Great Britain into Northern Ireland had been suspended after an “upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks”.
Chairman of customs consultancy ASM Peter …

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