An open letter from business leaders and academics calls for solutions to post-Brexit tensions.
Those grace periods have delayed some of the checks which will come with the full implementation of the protocol.As of 1 October, Great Britain-made meat products would be prohibited in Northern Ireland - a deadline that has become known as "the sausage ban"., calls for discussions to deliver "mutually agreed solutions that resolve economic, political and societal tensions caused by Brexit and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol".
Signatories include former Alliance leader Lord Alderdice, vice chair of Ulster University Paul Bartholomew and Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Ann McGregor. They also add that many investors, business leaders, community groups and unions want to take the opportunities proffered by the protocol - but are unable to do so without "strategic leadership and proportionate decision making".It is the deal agreed by the UK and EU to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit.
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