The media organisation says progress under the Trump administration was made, with areas such as “small and medium-sized businesses, investment and digital services” nearing completion. The teacher was saying this week that. So when we talk about things, you know, being a politically sensitive issue, it's also to do with that heritage. There's thousands of Irish businesses, mainly small and medium sized businesses, that haven't even signed up for a basic customs registration number that you can do online in a matter of minutes. By Alex Shipman PUBLISHED: … Verb The latest information could scupper the peace talks. You can contribute by proofreading the transcript or highlighting the mistakes. We need to see exactly what fishing stocks would be affected. This is can-kicking, of course, but the EU has a track record of such things, … That's due to come in because food and drinks industries rely very heavily on the UK market to export goods. However, he also acknowledged the potential for “tough compromises”. So where are we now? Well, I think it's interesting, even looking at what Michel Barnier has offered to the U.K., the Irish fishing industry here says we need to see the devil is in the detail. And he he, in a way, presented getting the Brexit withdrawal deal done as being getting Brexit done. But they're still there, aren't they? And can I just ask you on that? And certainly in my, you know, decades of reporting of the European Union, I have seen so many deadlines that were immovable being broken through. But nobody wants to talk about deadlines anymore because it's become a bit ridiculous, because we've said it every week that this is the crunch week and this is the last week. But all sorts of creative solutions are now being discussed in terms of how that can be got passed. And there's just four weeks to go to the end of the transition period governing the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. Compensation might be available. Fears Covid could scupper EU trade deal talks Officials are concerned that the negotiations in Brussels could collapse if any senior figures test positive By Edward Malnick, Sunday … So it is puzzling that this industry could yet scupper the chances of a Brexit deal with the European Union. I'm a big fan of the German discounters anyway, so it doesn't concern me, perhaps as it Marks and Spencer shopper. And it accounts for a huge share of the Irish catch. Just how serious a matter is it? Where there's very little discretion on the part of EU inspectors and border inspectors, they have to check certain amount of meat that comes across as a border. But the report cites “issues of pharmaceutical regulation, textiles and other goods standards” and “intellectual property” as areas outstanding. Yep - as per my post above it won’t scupper the deal until a year and two months after 31/10/19. I think that what will happen if there's already been calls from several member states for the EU Commission to start rolling out and intensifying their no deal contingency plans, which they have, I don't know, locked in a vault somewhere, but haven't sort of released yet. If I could point something out as well, just about the fishing industry. And and so it just makes coming back to the table in a few months, I think, really very difficult, which is why I would say if I were the Europeans, that if what we believe to be true is that there's some landing zone and the level playing field and on governance, which is satisfactory to the Europeans, and if the Europeans have to make a big concession on fisheries and if that also may mean the European Union paying a bit more to the French fishermen than the European Union may wish to do that actually, if they were able to do that at the price of a few hundred million euros a year, I think that they should say thank you very much. They should celebrate. Yes. Obviously, as you know, Naomi has been described as an awful lot of loose ends that haven't been wrapped up. He wants to move on from this. In the event of no deal now, there are other kinds of things that possibly people haven't even thought about, all kinds of services and ways in which our economies are intertwined, aren't there? But it's very significant because where you can't plan and there is going to be unpredictability going across Britain is going to be uncertainty going through ports and all these checks, particularly Dover on the English Channel. He's moved on for a variety of reasons, some of which are actually political to do with his own constituency. Yeah, essentially, Emmanuel Macron is in the early stages of a presidential campaign against the right wing Marine Le Pen, and he's very sensitive about his political audience at home. Dennis, just to be absolutely clear that to wrap it up, you're saying that there needs to be some quite positive signs emerging in the first day or two of next week, Monday or Tuesday of next week? So there is there's a lot of restlessness on his own backbenchers. In recent days, some EU capitals have hardened their rhetoric about this and said that they won't they're not interested in a deal at any price to the Belgian prime minister with over visiting Emmanuel Macron in Paris, the French president and the two of them basically kind of warned on giving too much up in a deal. Macron said it would have to be in France's interests, long term interests, and not a short term deal that would ultimately, you know, agree things that would end up being against their interests long term. But, yeah, Martin is keen for it to move on and start anew. And then so I think that as long as this Brexit deal looks like Brexit, I think within his own party, he's likely to keep the rebels fairly low. FOREIGN Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has issued a fresh warning that planned UK legislation which undermines the Irish protocols of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement could scupper … So I think the people who are more likely to vote against it are the bill cashers, the Bernard Jenkins, the sort of paleo Brexiteer is in a way. But also he's moved on because they've moved on to the coronavirus and the restrictions, and that's where that libertarian wing are going. And I think that's probably optimistic on the part of the Irish government and the fishing industry, but it does show what it comes down to. I think it's worth pointing out what that will actually mean as well, just for, you know, Irish people say doing their shopping and the kind of trade that we had with Britain in the past, whether there's a deal or no deal, won't be feasible in the same way anymore because there will be barriers to trade one way or another. I think we need to have some progress over the weekend and some very concrete sign then at the beginning of next week. And they're also part of five eyes. Another bilateral tie, the Customs Assistance Agreement, has also been agreed. An opening for draining off water, as from a floor or the roof of a building. I mean, you've been reporting about testimony to practice committee is about increasingly nervous. When deals are made, it tends to be scuppered by drama and fireworks in Westminster. But what's the thinking in Ireland on issues of this sort, both in terms of how exactly a fishing deal might affect individual nations within the EU and also what form A. That sounds a bit technical, but what basically means is, for example, if you have a meat plant in, let's say, Cavern and they've got someone in Fermanagh who's doing their payroll, that would suddenly become much more difficult because you can't send their personal details of people's names and bank accounts and addresses over the border anymore. Dennis, I suppose some of this stuff is just things that, you know, we'll have to roll with the punches when they arrive in whatever form they they they do arrive. But is it how much of it is symbolic and how much of it is actually germane to really serious issues? We'll probably have a vast variety of things that come from Britain and it may even change the shops themselves. And that's really the big part of what the Irish fishing industry and the Irish government wants. 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