DUP Agrees Deal to Reduce Trade Barriers and Restore Power Sharing in Northern Ireland

A deal that reasserts Northern Ireland’s place in the UK and its internal market has been published by the government on Wednesday. Titled “Safeguarding the Union,” the document lays out a set of measures which will see the removal of routine post-Brexit checks on goods shipped from Great Britain to final destinations in Northern Ireland. Following Britain’s departure from the European Union, the Northern Ireland Protocol came into force on Jan. 1, 2021. It introduced new checks on a percentage of goods from Great Britain coming to Northern Ireland. Businesses were required to submit declarations and a tariff treatment is applied....