“Today marks a turning point ... it puts people in charge of their destiny,” UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said as he announced the deal.
Britain and the European Union have struck a deal aimed at resolving the Brexit hangover created around trading rules for Northern Ireland.
Under the so-called Windsor Framework, the UK secured green and red lanes for goods, allowing products like plants, medicines and groceries destined only for Northern Ireland to travel across the border with no certification or customs forms required. Goods at risk of export to Ireland and the wider EU will go through the red lane. People in Great Britain, sending gifts to their relatives and friends in Northern Ireland will no longer have to fill out customs forms.
Parliament will vote on the agreement, setting up a showdown with Sunak’s internal critics and the Democratic Unionist Party.
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