Trade war warning for Britain: 'Targeting a Monaghan chicken is the same as targeting a Tyrone chicken'

A trade war between the UK and the EU could see the Irish economy become 'a hostage to the cycle of toxic British politics'.

Trucks leaving Larne Port. Economist Jim Power said Britain targeting specific products would likely backfire on the London government, because goods in the North would also be affected

Britain will likely target specific Irish food and agricultural products and disrupt trucks at Holyhead in Wales for exporters accessing the continent, in any long drawn out tit-for-tar trade war, Irish experts have warned.   

Edgar Morgenroth, professor of economics at the DCU Business School, said that Britain would be looking to target products from ports in the Republic of Ireland under any collapse of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that the UK and EU signed less than 11 months ago.