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Frictionless trade impossible after Brexit Barnier warns Johnson as UK set to leave EU

The UK cannot have its cake and eat it. Officially.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2020-01-28 01:44
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Frictionless trade after Brexit will be impossible, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has said.

Michel Barnier made the comments to an audience at Queen’s University in Belfast just days before the UK is set to leave the EU.

“The UK has chosen to become a third country; to leave the single market and the customs union; to leave behind the EU’s framework of common rules, common supervision and common Court of Justice,” Mr Barnier said.

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has arrived at the Riddel Hall at the Queen’s University Belfast to deliver a speech on Brexit and the EU pic.twitter.com/s5kf6vbUd3

— Rebecca Black (@RBlackPA) January 27, 2020

“It has chosen to create two regulatory spaces. This makes frictionless trade impossible. It makes checks indispensable.”

Speaking to politicians including former Irish premier Bertie Ahern as well as business and community leaders, Mr Barnier confirmed checks will take place. 

Under the Brexit deal, the UK will leave the EU’s customs union but Northern Ireland will continue to enforce the EU’s customs code at its ports.

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Left to right, Dr Len O’Hagan, Sir Declan Morgan, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Martin Frazer listen to EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (Liam McBurney/PA)

Unionists have spoken against checks taking place between goods travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, while there has also been widespread opposition to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Checks will take place between Northern Ireland and rest of UK

Mr Barnier said the EU “must be able to assess risks on any product coming into its market. We will need sanitary and phytosanitary checks on food products and live animals,” he said. “The EU must be able to assess risks on any product coming into its market and, if necessary, activate physical controls.”

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Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Economy Minister Diane Dodds with Mr Barnier (Liam McBurney/PA)

“These checks must take place somewhere,” he added. “And as the whole point of the protocol is to avoid a hard border and protect the all-island economy, it was clear that they could not take place at the land border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

“The only real option was to use Northern Ireland’s other entry points. This is also where such checks are the easiest to implement. And controls will also take place in Dublin and other EU entry points.”

Mr Barnier earlier met with Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill and the region’s economy minister Diane Dodds.

Michel Barnier @MichelBarnier visited City Hall this afternoon to sign the Book of Condolence for Seamus Mallon met by Lord Mayor @danielbakersf and Chief Executive @SuzanneWylie2 pic.twitter.com/KdML5S9rOF

— Belfast City Council (@belfastcc) January 27, 2020

He also visited Belfast City Hall, where he signed a book of condolence for former deputy first minister Seamus Mallon.

Speaking at Queen’s later, he welcomed the resumption of powersharing government in Northern Ireland following a three-year collapse. He said Stormont’s voice “had been missed during the negotiations on Brexit and Northern Ireland”.

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As Brexit approaches, Mr Barnier said it is now the “EU and the UK’s joint responsibility to make this agreement work on the ground. The EU takes this responsibility very seriously. And let’s be clear: We have been creative and flexible in finding a workable solution. But this is a detailed legal text. Now is the time to implement it precisely,” he said.

“The Withdrawal Agreement must be applied with rigour and discipline by all sides. It cannot be reopened under the guise of implementation.

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Mr Barnier speaking at Queen’s University in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)

“We will be monitoring its correct application very carefully.”

The EU negotiator concluded by saying he continues to have a “profound respect for the UK”.

“That is why at the beginning of this new chapter of European history, I would really like to wish the UK well – speaking here in Northern Ireland – as it embarks on this journey,” he added.

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