"Why the UK-Australia trade deal could be very bad news for Northern Ireland"

Esmond Birnie

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

Quoted in Belfast Telgraph article.

Subject

The arguments (in terms of economic theory- especially specialisation by oomparative advantage and hence trade gains) why even notwithstanding some impact on parts of agriculture the Australia-UK free trade agreement could be beneficial to wider NI society and economy

Period	26 Jun 2021

Media contributions

Title	"Why the UK-Australia trade deal could be very bad news for Northern Ireland"
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	Belfast Telegraph
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	26/06/21
Description	Quoted in article in Belfast Telegraph re. the possible impact on NI economy- making the positive case that there should be net economic gains notwithstanding some negative impact on parts of farming
Producer/Author	Belfast Telegraph
URL	https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/why-the-uk-australia-trade-deal-could-be-very-bad-news-for-northern-ireland-40581142.html
Persons	Esmond Birnie

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Keywords

UK
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland economy, political impact on economy, devolution, devolved policies, economic policy, economic growth, UK growth
Northern Ireland economy, UK economy, economic growth, productivity, GDP, GVA, economic growth
Free Trade Agreements
FTA
Comparative advantage
specialisation
free trade
farming
Agriculture
Agriciulture policies
Trade policies
Brexit