freight-transport-association-brexit-fta

FTA calls for clarity on Irish border

The Freight Transport Association stressed the need for clarity over how goods and services will be moved after the UK’s departure from the EU at a meeting with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Julian Smith at Stormont on 30 July. Seamus Leheny, FTA’s policy manager for Northern Ireland, pointed out that 70% of freight crossing the Northern Ireland border is classed as intermediate – ingredients, components and the like.  As ... [+]