Dear Chamber member,
Last week, the British Government published two position papers outlining their proposed policies regarding a future customs union and how they intend to deal with the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Department for Exiting the EU published two further papers this morning on the trade of goods post Brexit and confidentiality of documents.
Chambers Ireland released a series of statements last week in response to the British proposals
Blog
http://www.chambers.ie/media/blog/2017/08/21/the-clock-continues-to-tick/
Chambers Ireland in the News
Print /Online
• Irish Independent, 16 August 2017, Business chiefs fear plans are not feasible
• The Times (Ireland), 16 August 2017, Bosses and farmers pour scorn on UK trade plans
• HuffingtonPost.co.uk, 16 August 2017, ‘Unhelpful, Unrealistic And No Detail’: David Davis’s Irish Border Plans Savaged
• Irish Times, 17 August 2017, Industry groups unconvinced by UK border proposals
• Financial Times, 17 August 2017, UK position paper on Irish border ‘throws up even more questions’
• Financial Times, 17 August 2017, Scepticism greets plans for post-Brexit Irish border
• Business Insider UK, 17 August 2017, Britain to EU: Match our Brexit plans for a relaxed Irish border or put peace at risk
• Holyrood.com, 17 August 2017, Hard border in Ireland ‘avoidable’ insists UK Government
• Metro Newspaper UK, 17 August 2017, The Brexit backdoor to Britain: Fears over ‘free entry’ at Ireland border
Radio
• RTE Radio One, 15 August 2017, Ian Talbot on Drive time
• BBC Radio Five Live, 16 August 2017, Ian Talbot on Drive time
• BBC Radio Four, 16 August 2017, Ian Talbot on The World Tonight
The next round of negotiations is due to begin in Brussels on the 28th August and will focus on the Irish border.
For further updates, follow @ChambersIreland on Twitter and on LinkedIn.