Call by business to break logjam in Brexit talks

An industry group of British and Irish firms is seeking to break the apparent logjam in the Brexit talks by promoting a new customs agreement, which it believes will lift the threat of a new hard border and see off a political bust-up over the Good Friday accord.

The British-Irish Chamber of Commerce said that an agreement with the UK, which was based on a broader version of the existing customs agreement between Turkey and the EU, could boost the talks as the clock counts down to the Brexit summit in December.