John Redwood, Conservative MP from Wokingham, believes the proposals show the EU accept they have damaged the UK internal market on trade The EU has released its plan for the reduction of checks on goods and medicines which have been in place since the UK left the EU in December 2020. The new proposals would remove about 80 percent of spot checks and reduce customs paperwork by 50 percent, the EU said.
Mr Redwood wrote on Twitter this morning: The latest trade figures show that there has been a big diversion to the EU Trade Organisation (IPIO) at the end of May. This is a clear violation of the NI Protocol by the EU and shows they made GB NI trade too difficult to bring about. The proposals for the NI Protocol do accept they have badly affected the UK internal market on trade, breaking the Agreement. They still fail to control the EU s wish for control NI and to legislate against the wishes of Unionists. The UK currently face checks on goods arriving from Northern Ireland under the protocol. It agreed that Northern Ireland will continue to follow EU rules on product standards - to avoid border checks. Instead, checks would take place upon goods entering Northern Ireland from England, Scotland and Wales. The latest trade figures from the Central Statistics Office CSO reveal that Brexit has had a significant impact on Irish-British trade since the beginning of the year. The value of goods imported by Britain to the Republic of Ireland has decreased from last year by 32 percent. LIVE UPDATES: Brexit LIVE: Furious Frost to lay down law in EU showdown.
Meanwhile, trade between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland increased in the first four months of 2021 as companies in the Republic looked to sidestep customs checks on imports from Great Britain. According to the Irish Times, there was a 60 percent increase in goods imported from NI to the Republic and a 40 percent increase in goods movement the other way. But Maros ef ovi said that he has listened to the concerns of those in Northern Ireland. The urgent measures today would be a genuine, direct response to their concerns, he said. EU ready for trade war with UK as Frost heads to Brussels REVEAL Lilibet christening important for 'Optics' as the fall out'very raw' INSIGHT Don't believe Maros weasel words - EU is trying to carve up the UK OPINION We have put a lot of hard work into them to make a tangible change on the ground. He also said he looked forward to engaging with the UK government passionately and intensively. On Wednesday, a UK Government spokesperson said the next step would be a rapidly conducted round of intensive talks with the EU. Significant changes which address the fundamental issues at the heart of the protocol, including governance, must be made if we want to agree a durable settlement that commands support in Northern Ireland, they said.
Lord Frost said the current system was not working and that failing to renegotiate would be a historic misjudgement He said: We would not go down this road with any particular pleasure or gratuitously. Maybe in a world where the Protocol could have worked, more sensitively implemented. Lord Frost called Brussels to show the same ambition and willingness to resolve the issue. But he also warned that the EU must be ready to accept significant change as it takes two to mend the UK-EU relationship. An EU official speaking to the Telegraph said that the number of checks would go down massively under the new proposals. Brussels has said: Brussels is going to allow more goods to pass into Northern Ireland without checks in return for having more data to do proper market surveillance. As of now, check count will increase for many countries. This is the best way to cut checks, short of a Swiss-style alignment agreement. If implemented, the proposed changes would be in defiance of the French government which internally raised concerns about the move. Emmanuel Macron earlier warned that nothing is negotiable with regards to the Protocol. The UK government said it is currently studying the detail of the EU's proposals.