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Ireland fears a 4.4 billion euro damage over the Brexit

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Beef industry will take a hit in case of a hard border established between Ireland and the UK

Posted on Jan 14 ,12:31

Ireland fears a 4.4 billion euro damage over the Brexit

 

Negotiations over a trade deal between EU and UK is a big worry to Ireland meat producers as a hard Brexit will put in danger exports of food and drinks to Great Britain, valued at 4.4 billion euros, reports Express magazine.

“It the final outcome does not deliver regulatory alignment, then we are likely to face additional unnecessary costs and potential barriers to trade.”, declared John Horgan, managing director of Kepak, an Irish beef producer.

Other concerns include delays when exporting produce, disruption of shipments to EU or facing a strong competition against South America’s exporters and other regions. Brazil, USA and Australia have different food safety standards to the EU.

Still, since the mid-‘90s BSE crisis, UK has pushed for food standards that were sometimes even higher than EU legislation demanded which may represent a barrier for some exporters outside the region.

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