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The European Commission has accused the UK of undermining the trust needed for effective operation of its post-Brexit trade deal.
In a nutshell the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill rips up any judicial or policing role for the EU in respect of trade with its single market - the biggest in the world - via Northern Ireland.
Trade body Salmon Scotland has reiterated its fears that the UK Government’s decision to unilaterally alter part of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the European Union could hit trade to the Continent, Scottish salmon’s most important export market.
Northern Ireland protocol: EU to begin legal action over UK plans to override Brexit deal
12/06/2022
Brussels is set to reveal details of action despite ministers’ insistence the the Northern Ireland protocol plans do not break international law.
Ivan Rogers says plan by ‘dishonest’ government to override Northern Ireland protocol may cause trade war.
The British government appears to have no political will to resolve its festering trade dispute with the European Union and risks endangering the hard-won peace in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Wednesday.
Brexit Chickens Come Home to Roost
07/06/2022
While the picture’s hardly pretty and certainly not what advocates of Brexit envisioned, none of it surprises economists. As a former Bank of England official observed: “You run a trade war against yourself, bad things happen.”
Exporters fear Northern Ireland protocol row will spur trade war with Brussels, making an already difficult job even harder
Boris Johnson admits agreeing Northern Ireland Protocol rules but ‘hoped’ EU would not apply them
17/05/2022
‘He told a lie to the British public. Again he tells allies the UK word cannot be trusted,’ Labour MP alleges.
Our politicians won’t mention the B-word – but Brexit has made Britain’s economic crisis worse
17/05/2022
Our silence over the issue is compounding the problem.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is expected to outline plans on Tuesday to legislate at Westminster to override parts of the Irish Sea trade arrangement.
Rather than starting a trade war with the EU, the UK needs to forge a practical and constructive relationship.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that Brussels will not give in to threats and blackmail, as the furious row over the Northern Irish border took a step closer towards a trade war.
Truss urged to step back from brink in explosive Brexit spat with Brussels over Northern Ireland
12/05/2022
Tearing up Northern Ireland protocol ‘will spark trade war, drive up inflation and damage UK influence’, warns senior Tory MP.
Senior Tory Simon Hoare tells i that ripping up Brexit deal in a cost of living crisis would not be ‘grown-up statecraft’.
“You’re running a natural experiment in what happens when you run a trade war on yourself” - Adam Posen
27/04/2022
@AdamPosen is speaking with @lizzzburden about food prices and inflation at #EconafterBrexit
Analysts in Europe say Britain committed “Anglo-Saxon suicide” when it voted for Brexit.
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has described the tactics of the United Kingdom’s Brexit negotiating team as “deplorable”.
EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European Court of Justice.
As the clock ticks down to Zero Hour, will the Government’s performative anti-Brussels bolshiness come back to bite it? ... Project Fear comes true, but still can’t cut through. How to shut up people who shout “LISBON TREATY!” as if it’s some magic word to dispel all anti-Brexit argument. And what are we going to spend all that Get Ready For Brexit ad money on?
It will be much harder for the UK to seek a US trade deal with a Trump administration that's more focused on trade wars."
Industry body says tariffs put jobs at risk but shares in European drinks makers rise.