How Brexit trade deal has different impact for Northern Ireland: Country is still in the single market and subject to some EU rules but DUP MP says agreement is 'golden opportunity' for fishing industry
- Jim Shannon said deal could help create jobs for the province's fishing industry
- Meanwhile, Tory MP John Redwood demanded more details on the agreement
- Britain today published text of its narrow trade agreement with European Union
Northern Ireland is still in the single market and subject to some EU rules but a DUP MP believes the agreement is a 'golden opportunity' for the fishing industry.
Jim Shannon, the MP for Strangford, said yesterday that the Brexit deal could help to create jobs for the province's fishing industry, but warned the 'devil is in the detail'.
Britain today published the text of its narrow trade agreement with the European Union just five days before its exit.
The text includes a 1,246-page trade document, as well as agreements on nuclear energy, exchanging classified information, civil nuclear energy and a series of joint declarations.
Jim Shannon (pictured), the MP for Strangford, said yesterday that the Brexit deal could help to create jobs for the province's fishing industry, but warned the 'devil is in the detail'
Boris Johnson pictured in his office in Number 10 briefing the Cabinet after speaking to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on December 23
Meanwhile, Tory MP John Redwood urged Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove to flesh out further details on the agreement relating to the province this morning.
The MP for Wokingham tweeted: 'Will Michael Gove publish the details of his agreement on the Northern Ireland issues? We need a detailed text to see how he thinks it is going to work.'
But Mr Shannon told the Belfast Telegraph: 'It's a golden opportunity to create jobs in the fisheries sector, and for something good to come out of this deal.
'I'm glad there's a deal - but at the same time I am waiting to see the small print. The devil is in the detail.'
The province will have to follow single market rules to ensure its border with Ireland remains open, and there will be physical checks on some plant and animal products, but not at the border.
There will also be customs procedures for goods crossing the Irish Sea, as Northern Ireland will have access to the EU customs union while remaining in the UK customs union.
Ulster, one of the provinces in the north of Ireland, will also remain subject to many EU rules overseen by the European Court of Justice.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin expressed relief on Thursday after neighbouring Britain agreed a last-minute trade deal with the European Union which he said was the 'least bad version of Brexit possible'.
Tory MP John Redwood (pictured above, in September last year) urged Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove to flesh out further details on the agreement relating to Northern Ireland
Mr Gove pictured arriving at the Whitehall entrance of the Cabinet Office in central London on December 21. Britain today published the text of its narrow trade agreement with the EU
He said: 'There is no such thing as a good Brexit for Ireland, but... I believe the agreement reached today is the least bad version of Brexit possible, given current circumstances.'
Arlene Foster, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, also welcomed the Brexit deal following Boris Johnson's announcement on Christmas Eve.
She said: 'We have consistently urged both sides to achieve a deal.
'We will, of course, examine the details both of the trade deal itself as well as other issues such as security where agreement will be particularly important from the Northern Ireland viewpoint.
'Given the Government's Northern Ireland Protocol, a sensible trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union was always the most favourable outcome for Northern Ireland.
'Moving forward, we will continue to work to seize the opportunities and address the challenges which arise from the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.'
Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill also tweeted on Thursday: 'We voted against Brexit, it is being foisted upon us against our will. Todays deal will be welcomed across the island.
Arlene Foster (pictured above), the First Minister of Northern Ireland, welcomed the Brexit deal following Boris Johnson's announcement on Christmas Eve
'The Good Friday Agreement has been protected, there will be no hardening of the border and protections for the all-island economy are in place.'
However, Steve Aiken, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, warned that the deal should 'not be spun as a success'.
He said: 'With over 2000 pages of text to closely examine it will take time to fully understand if there are any, even wider implications for Northern Ireland, but no matter what, this deal at the 11th hour should not be spun as a success.
'In many ways it is the least worst option and possibly the worst of both worlds for Northern Ireland.
'2021 will be a very difficult year and there should be a period of derogation for Northern Ireland for as long as possible included in the deal.'
A lorry passes a sign on a main rad outside Newry, Northern Ireland. Britain said on Thursday an agreement had been secured on the country's future relationship with the EU (file photo)
Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood added: 'While the deal may seek to mitigate the damage that leaving the European Union will have on people, businesses and communities in Northern Ireland it will not undo the damage of Brexit.
'This entire Brexit fantasy is a future that people here do not want and did not vote for. A deal is better than no-deal, but the best deal will always remain being at the heart of the European Union.'
Stephen Farry, an Alliance Party MP, also commented: 'Key considerations for us will include matters beyond just trade, such as data adequacy recognition, justice, policing and security, plus access to the full spectrum of EU programmes.
'Notwithstanding this deal, Alliance will continue to advocate the closest possible relationship for Northern Ireland with the EU and to seek further flexibilities and mitigations regarding the implementation of the Protocol.'
The 'Draft EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement' means that, from 11pm on December 31, there will be no tariffs or quotas on the movement of goods originating in either place between the UK and the EU.
The treaty explicitly recognises that trade and investment require conditions for 'a level playing field for open and fair competition.'
On financial services, which drive the British economy, the two sides simply commit 'to establish a favourable climate for the development of trade and investment between them'.
The text comprises of many detailed annexes including on rules of origin, fish, the wine trade, medicines, chemicals and security data cooperation.
How does the Brexit deal impact Northern Ireland - and what will the rules be?
Ireland, the EU member state most exposed to the fall-out from Britain's departure, was an important player during four rocky years of exit negotiations in which it sought to shelter its highly exposed agricultural sector and avoid a hard border infrastructure with the British region of Northern Ireland.
A deal on the province called the Northern Ireland protocol, which is part of the withdrawal agreement, was already in place between the UK and the EU and would have been implemented even without a Brexit trade deal.
It aims to prevent a hard border by having Northern Ireland remain in the single market and administer EU customs union rules at its ports.
From the start of January, goods from Britain will be inspected at the province's ports but those arriving to the Republic of Ireland will face no new checks.
The Northern Ireland protocol aims to prevent a hard border by having Northern Ireland remain in the single market and administer EU customs union rules at its ports
Previously, under Theresa May's Brexit agreement, a backstop which would effectively keep the UK in a customs union with the EU would come into place if a trade deal hadn't been reached with the EU by December 31 this year.
But the deal should make the customs union issues easier within the UK, as it removes tariffs and quotas for mainland Britain.
While Irish firms have diversified into new markets since 2016, cutting trade to Britain to 9 per cent of total Irish goods exports last year, its nearest neighbour still accounts for around one-third of its food and agricultural exports.
That sector would have been battered by heavy tariffs if Britain had left the EU on World Trade Organization terms. Ireland's large beef industry, which sells almost half of what it produces to Britain, would have been subject to tariffs of 72 per cent.
Preserving the delicate peace in Northern Ireland without allowing the United Kingdom a back door into the EU's single market through the 310-mile UK-Irish land border was one of the most difficult issues during the first phase of talks, which culminated in the Withdrawal Agreement in late 2019.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney (pictured above) said that Ireland's 'place in the single market of the EU has been protected'
The British government angered the Irish government by threatening to unilaterally scrap elements of that deal, but withdrew the threat as the outline of a trade deal emerged in recent weeks.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told RTE radio: 'The peace process had been protected, peace funding has been protected, Ireland's place in the single market of the EU has been protected.'
While Ireland's large pharmaceutical and multinational tech sector has shielded the economy from the worst of the Covid-19 crisis, around 20 per cent of its workforce is now permanently or temporarily unemployed.
That means it could ill-afford what Martin said could have been a second 'appalling' economic shock from a 'no-deal' British exit from the EU.
Ireland based its budget for 2021 on the assumption that the talks would fail. A deal could add 3-4 percentage points to the finance department's gross domestic product forecast range of +1.7 per cent to -2.1 per cent for next year, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said at the time.
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