The latest source of tension in the post-Brexit Northern Ireland saga is - a type of Cypriot cheese which is now a listed EU #geographicalindications. If you’ll just halloumi to explain….. (sorry….)
borderlex.net/2021/04/07/eu-… Towards the end of last week, the EU finally approved ‘halloumi’ as a Product of Designated Origin (PDO). This came a 'mere' seven years after Cyprus initially submitted it for PDO status. /2

What can we conclude from Michael Gove’s performance at the Lords EU Select Committee yesterday? A few thoughts: /1
borderlex.eu/2020/05/05/uk-… The UK govt really is bonkers enough to prioritise its craving for regulatory sovereignty over the health of the economy, and would accept tariffs on its exports if that was the price to be paid. You better believe it. (And so had the EU…) /2

@DefraGovUK have declined to expand on Theresa Villiers's remarkable comments yesterday about imposing tariffs on sub-standard food imports. It's becoming increasingly clear that the Env Sec 'mis-spoke', to use the popular political euphemism... A short-ish thread 1/ @DefraGovUK are suggesting that 'what she meant' was that the UK could act post-Brexit to raise tariffs on some products which are not currently protected. Which is in itself not entirely true.... 2/