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FREIGHT BUSINESS JOURNAL ISSUE 2 2019


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Freight Break 20


Deal Brexit. Under the proposed plan,


no tariffs, checks or controls would be imposed on goods entering


Northern Ireland


the House of Commons on 13 March, could bring trade to a standstill, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA). Seamus Leheny, policy manager for Northern


Ireland said the “eleventh hour” scheme could put the province’s business at a severe disadvantage in trading with the European Union or Great Britain, in the event of a No


via the Irish land border – but would be applied to goods arriving into the rest of the UK at mainland ports like Dover or Holyhead. Leheny


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