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UK Proposes New Brexit Plan To Avoid Ireland Customs Checks

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday proposed a new Brexit plan aimed at removing the need for customs checks at the Irish border, … Continue reading UK Proposes New Brexit Plan To Avoid Ireland Customs Checks


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. SAUL LOEB / AFP.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. SAUL LOEB / AFP

 

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday proposed a new Brexit plan aimed at removing the need for customs checks at the Irish border, calling the EU-backed approach a “bridge to nowhere”.

Johnson’s plan says “goods movements between Northern Ireland and Ireland will be notified using a declaration”, with physical checks conducted at traders’ premises and not at EU member Ireland’s border with British Northern Ireland.

AFP