Could improved relations between the UK and the EU pave the way to a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol and eventually an end to the political stalemate at Stormont? Analysis by JP_Biz
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The protocol keeps Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods, meaning trade can flow across the land border without new paperwork or checks.The DUP has prevented the formation of a Stormont government in protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol That means that the trade in food faces the most onerous paperwork and checks, even though the protocol has never been fully implemented in that area due to "grace periods".Live animals and products of animal origin - meat, milk, fish and eggs - need an EHC to enter the single market.
There were conditions attached to this offer: the UK must agree to share real-time data on trade movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and must commit to building properly resourced border control posts at Northern Ireland ports.So if you are an optimist you could say that that clears the way for the EU to move quickly on this issue.
Great Britain goods moving through Northern Ireland into Ireland or the wider EU would use the red lane and continue to be checked at Northern Ireland ports.
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