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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 28 February 2023 - Labour low-key about UK economy
Description: Rishi Sunak met with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday to finalize the agreement on how trade between the UK and Northern Ireland would be treated.
Finally, this was the final piece in the Brexit jigsaw that was in danger of dragging on indefinitely. The Northern Ireland protocol, which had governed the movement of goods across the Irish Sea, has now been replaced with the permanent Windsor Framework.
The main change will be in the customs treatment of goods either bound for Northern Ireland or bound for the Republic of Ireland. A new green lane will be created...