Bord Bia has warned that Ireland’s food trade with the UK is facing a triple threat from Brexit, Covid19 and waning consumer confidence.
Meanwhile in Northern Ireland, Sainsbury’s has questioned its ability to stock shops as normal if all the new paperwork that is expected has to be completed for their lorries.
There have been murmurings of a grace period for the North’s businesses to get up to speed with what is required.
The future of the north-south, east and west trading dynamics have all been brought into play with Brexit.
Resolution of the inherent logical and logistical dilemmas seem as far away as ever.
