"Data on reduced GB-NI business might point to a diversion of trade"

Esmond Birnie

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

Newspaper article.

Subject

Using latest ONS (Feb. 2025) and NISRA (December 2024)data to show likelihood of trade diversion under the Windsor Framework.

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/esmond-birnie-data-on-reduced-gb-ni-business-might-point-to-a-diversion-of-trade-under-protocolwindsor-framework-5000249

Period	21 Feb 2025

Media contributions

1

Media contributions

Title	"Data on reduced GB-NI business might point to a diversion of trade"
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	News Letter
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	21/02/25
Description	Newspaper article. How latest (February 2025) ONS business survey data taken together with December 2024 NISRA trade flow data strongly indicated trade diversion whereby GB-NI trade flows are being replaced by RoI-NI ones.
Producer/Author	Esmond Birnie
URL	https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/esmond-birnie-data-on-reduced-gb-ni-business-might-point-to-a-diversion-of-trade-under-protocolwindsor-framework-5000249
Persons	Esmond Birnie

Keywords

Northern Ireland economy
Northern Ireland-GB trade
Trade diversion
Windsor Framework
Post-Brexit trading arrangements
NI economy
NI Protocol