Fast growth in cross border trade highlights dilemma of NI Protocol

The impressive growth in trade was mainly driven by a surge in exports from the North to the Republic, increasing by 48% in the first three months

Total cross border trade increased by one-third in the first three months to €1.4bn. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Despite the many reservations about the Northern Ireland Protocol and incoming DUP leader Edwin Poots recent statement that it was "undeliverable", it has delivered for cross border traders in the first quarter of the year. 

Total cross border trade increased by one-third in the first three months to €1.4bn.