"Large negative trade impact from the Windsor Framework"

Esmond Birnie

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Description

Blog on website "Briefings for Britain". Detailed analysis of data published by the Office for National Statistics comparing the year to start May 2025 with the year to January 2021. Specifically, analysis to questions asked in the BICS (Business Impacts and Conditions) Survey.

Subject

Comparing 12 months to May 2025 with 12 months to January 2021 the % of manufacturing businesses in GB selling goods to Northern Ireland fell from about 20% to about 13%. This time period coincides with the operation of the Protocol/Windsor Framework.

Further detailed analysis of the business survey results provided in the Blog.

Period	7 Jun 2025

Media contributions

Title	"Large negative trade impact from Windsor Framework"
Degree of recognition	National
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	7/06/25
Description	Blog on the Briefings for Britain website
Producer/Author	Esmond Birnie
URL	https://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk/large-negative-trade-impact-from-the-windsor-framework/
Persons	Esmond Birnie

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Keywords

Northern Ireland
Great Britain
trade
UK internal market
Windsor Framework
Protocol
Irish Sea Border
Trade frictions
ONS
Survey of businesses
Challenges to trade
Business attitudes
Northern Ireland economy