Closer trade ties could cut prices for consumers – but they come with serious political risks for the UK government.
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The company’s future will largely hinge on the UK’s relationship with its European neighbours.
A newly approved trade deal could be an opportunity to return Northern Ireland’s political attention to pressing issues of health care, housing, energy costs and inflation.
The Windsor framework will still cause Northern Ireland’s GDP but less than that expected under the protocol.
The government has pursued the signing of new trade deals as a goal rather than an actual increase in exports.
Switzerland’s arrangement with the EU involves legal compromises the UK isn’t willing to make.
Queues at borders, suspended deliveries, empty shelves: the EU-UK Trade Cooperatiion Agreement is not quite what it seemed in the brochure.
In the row between the UK and EU over how to handle state subsidies after Brexit, both sides insist their proposals are consistent with the political declaration.
An EU-UK trade deal will reinforce the certainty and continuity that South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Eswatini – plus Mozambique are seeking in their relationship with the UK.
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