The two sides agreed last week to intensify efforts to resolve difficulties over trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a British province that shares a land border with EU member the Republic of Ireland. LONDON- Progress was made on Friday in talks between the European Union and Britain on post-Brexit trade issues affecting Northern Ireland and solutions can be found if London redoubles its efforts, the EU official in charge of the talks said on Sunday. "We had some progress on Friday," Maros Sefcovic, vice president of the European Commission, said during an interview with the BBC. Since leaving the EU last year Britain has delayed the introduction of some planned border checks that were designed to avoid the need for a hard frontier between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland. The EU says checks are needed to avoid goods entering its single market from the UK side without any controls.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 21, 2021 23:01 UTC