Re my earlier thread on the Irish govt pressing the European Commission & UK to allow NI exporters to continue benefitting from EU free trade agreements...
2/ It turns out Alliance MP @StephenFarryMP asked a parliamentary question on this on 5 October
3/ “To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has made representations to the EU on enabling Northern Ireland-origin goods which can freely circulate within the EU single market to access EU trade agreements with third countries.”
4/ The reply is from @ranil:
“NI is and remains British, so will be part of the UK’s customs territory. As our recent business guidance makes clear, it will be HM Government - not the EU - that will negotiate and deliver trade deals on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole.
“NI is and remains British, so will be part of the UK’s customs territory. As our recent business guidance makes clear, it will be HM Government - not the EU - that will negotiate and deliver trade deals on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole.
5/ “As a result, all British exporters will enjoy the same preferential access we secure with trading partners around the world, whether they are based in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.”
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