The UKâs new trade deal with the EU promises to ease trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, yet many local businesses, such as the Mid-Ulster Garden Centre, are indifferent. Having abandoned British suppliers, they now rely on Dutch, Italian, and Irish sources for their goods. Although the trade agreement aims to alleviate important checks on trade, firms in Northern Ireland have adapted their supply chains and no longer depend on Great Britain, highlighting lasting economic shifts since Brexit despite political optimism for renewed UK-EU relations.
Overall the deal is welcome but we're indifferent, said Peter Bradley, a director of the Mid-Ulster Garden Centre. We've got into a nice pattern and rhythm, post-Brexit.
The promise to soften the post-Brexit Irish Sea border by reducing checks on agrifood products going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland met with a broad welcome.
Brexit had done irreparable damage, he said. We've moved on. We've got alternatives, and we're content and doing well.
The deal encompasses fishing, youth visas, and travel rules, and removes agrifood trade restrictions, which would give a 9bn boost to the UK economy.
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