"Brexit" Northern Ireland trade deadlock is difficult to solve Britain and the EU still have major differences

　　Chinanews, October 25th, a comprehensive report, the British government issued a statement on the evening of the 23rd to warn that there are still "disagreements" between the UK and the EU on the issues related to Northern Ireland in the Brexit agreement.

The European Commission negotiating team will travel to London on the 26th to conduct "in-depth discussions over several days."

On January 29, local time, the European Parliament approved the "Brexit" agreement.

After the vote, the parliamentarians hand in hand sang the classic Scottish song "Friendship is Everlasting", and bid farewell to the United Kingdom with this well-known "Farewell Song".

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　　According to reports, the United Kingdom pointed out in a statement that although the talks in the past few days were "constructive," there were still "disagreements" on some major issues.

　　The United Kingdom and the European Union reached the "Northern Ireland Protocol" in the Brexit agreement and implemented special arrangements to allow Northern Ireland to actually remain in the EU Customs Union and the European Single Market, avoiding the establishment of a "hard border" between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

　　In this case, goods shipped from the UK to Northern Ireland must be inspected to prevent risky goods from entering the EU member state Ireland.

　　In this regard, some North Irish pro-British factions complained that the border inspection between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland would create a gap between the two sides.

Brussels has proposed to reduce customs inspections and paperwork for British products entering Northern Ireland in an attempt to ease tensions with the pro-British factions.

　　However, despite the progress on the border inspection issue, the EU stated that it would not accept London's request to find another arbitrator to replace the European Court of Justice to resolve the trade dispute involving Northern Ireland after Brexit.

　　Therefore, the United Kingdom threatens to activate the mechanism of Article 16 of the agreement, that is, if either party believes that the agreement is causing "serious economic, social or environmental difficulties that may continue", it can take unilateral actions.