US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal Northern Ireland 2025-05-21
2025-05-21
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There are different interpretations of the US-UK trade deal's implications for Northern Ireland, especially concerning EU tariffs.
I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his answer, but there seem to be wildly different interpretations of what the deal means for Northern Ireland. Will he clarify what it means for imports and exports in the light of the impact of EU tariffs? Was that explicitly discussed at the EU-UK summit?
The hon. Gentleman is right to point out that EU retaliatory tariffs directed at the USA would have an impact in Northern Ireland, because of its dual-market access. I can write to him with further details of how precisely that would work. It depends partly on whether there is less or more than a 3% difference between the tariff in the EU and the tariff that applies in the UK.
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The specific impact of tariffs was not fully detailed; offered to write with further details instead.
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