British Brexit minister David Frost called in a speech in Lisbon on Tuesday for the European Union to allow 'significant change' to post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland.
A 'No Hard Border' poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend, Ireland October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble
THE PROTOCOL – Both the EU and Britain agreed that keeping the Northern Ireland/Ireland border open was essential to preserving the 1998 peace deal that ended three decades of sectarian violence, but argued over how to do this after Brexit. The Northern Irish Assembly can vote after four years on whether to retain the protocol. If a simple majority votes against, it would cease to apply after a further two years.
Britain has also complained that the protocol has led to a diversion of trade. Irish exports to Northern Ireland rose by 45% year-on-year in the first seven months of the year, with imports into Ireland up 60%, according to data from Ireland's statistics office. Comparable figures for British/Northern Irish trade have not yet been published.
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE - The EU has repeatedly rejected Britain's demand to end oversight of the protocol by the European Court of Justice and it remains a major point of contention. The article allows for unilateral "safeguard" action by the EU or Britain if the protocol leads to "serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties that are liable to persist, or to diversions of trade".
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