It is sceptical about many of the British government’s suggested solutions and says that the proposed “red channel-green channel” approach, where only goods that were intended to pass through Northern Ireland and into the Republic would be subject to checks at Northern Irish ports, could only be accepted if there was some sort of checking regime.
The report also says that the EU has considered its responses to the passing of the bill “in detail”. The option to suspend parts or all of the exit deal with the UK will raise the prospect of tariffs and controls on trade between the UK and the EU once notice periods elapse. Without agreement, the report says, Northern Ireland businesses will be placed in an extremely difficult position. “A major change in rules would place traders in the position of either failing to comply with UK law or failing to comply with international laws.
On Tuesday evening Mr Frost told the House of Lords European relations committee: “The ECJ cannot have a jurisdictional or arbitrational role in the future,” adding that “I think it would be better if that was acknowledged sooner rather than later.”
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