Achieving Brexit was unachievable without conceding NI as a distinct entity needing resolution. We can at least agree on that.
Current Affairs Irish Border and Brexit
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Sassy Colombian
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I have been reading on that another result of Brexit, for Irish and English people, will be the reduction of fresh produce available for purchase at supermarkets. Seems some food distributors feels there is too much paper work and bureaucracy to deal with so it is not worth the trouble. And instead are opening their market and selling their fresh produce to other countries 
www.ft.com
N Ireland shoppers face empty shelves as Brexit snags supply chains
Irish Sea customs checks hold up delivery of fresh produce to region’s supermarkets
Sassy Colombian
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peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
BBC.....
”The EU has temporarily overridden a section of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal as part of its export controls on coronavirus vaccines.
The EU is introducing export controls on vaccines made in the bloc, amid a row about delivery shortfalls.
Under the Brexit deal all products should be exported from the EU to NI without checks or controls.
But the EU believed this could be used to circumvent export controls, with NI becoming a backdoor to the wider UK.
It has therefore invoked Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol which allows parts of the deal to be unilaterally overridden.
In a new regulation the European Commission states: "This is justified as a safeguard measure pursuant to Article 16 of that Protocol in order to avert serious societal difficulties due to a lack of supply threatening to disturb the orderly implementation of the vaccination campaigns in the Member States."
The move should not directly disadvantage NI as it gets its vaccine supplies through the UK procurement system.”
”The EU has temporarily overridden a section of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal as part of its export controls on coronavirus vaccines.
The EU is introducing export controls on vaccines made in the bloc, amid a row about delivery shortfalls.
Under the Brexit deal all products should be exported from the EU to NI without checks or controls.
But the EU believed this could be used to circumvent export controls, with NI becoming a backdoor to the wider UK.
It has therefore invoked Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol which allows parts of the deal to be unilaterally overridden.
In a new regulation the European Commission states: "This is justified as a safeguard measure pursuant to Article 16 of that Protocol in order to avert serious societal difficulties due to a lack of supply threatening to disturb the orderly implementation of the vaccination campaigns in the Member States."
The move should not directly disadvantage NI as it gets its vaccine supplies through the UK procurement system.”
Come on pete it's not politics at play , the EU has a list of 92 countries on a list that companies can send/sell the vaccine that are made within the EU ,that dont come under the new customs rules regarding exports, the three nearest countries not on the customs list are Russia, Turkey, and the UK looks like the EU are classing us among the despots of the world.
Oh and now they have put a customs border in place in NI.
arminisgod
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maybe we should change the title to Irish border... to be played with whenever the EU feel like it
peteblue
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Friends and allies I read somewhere. As the saying goes, with friends like these who needs enemies.....
Not a shock to some Pete,
peteblue
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A proper eye opener for others on here. Mind you they are still dying in a ditch for their beloved EU.....
peteblue
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I wonder if Biden pipes up, doubt it I suppose.....
arminisgod
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well, it surely puts the EU trade deal with the US under strain
Wait till the UK responds, it will be are fault again
peteblue
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Of course.....
Already is
After last week Germany refusing to pick the USA call to arms over China. Look up Merkel comments.
don't forget they already have tariffs on each other's good
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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