Taoiseach says full UK import regime will make Brexit worse for exporters

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin at a 2020 IFA event: he told last week's IFA AGM Brexit will get worse for exporters to the UK. Picture: Finbarr O'Rourke

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned that extra Brexit costs imposed by necessary checks and controls will increase for exporters later in the year, when the UK fully introduces its import regime.

He said Ireland’s key objectives in the Brexit process have been achieved, in the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement, and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, but there are still enormous impacts on the agri-food sector.