Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister MP:-
“Once the USA imposes tariffs and the EU responds with counter-tariffs, Northern Ireland’s colonial status will be obvious.
“This is because EU tariffs, not UK measures, will apply to American goods coming into Northern Ireland. The reason is of the most fundamental of constitutional importance, namely, that NI is subject to the EU’s Customs Code and it is under this foreign code that tariffs will be enforced on US goods coming into this part of the U.K.
“Just as the Customs Code can impose tariffs and checks on GB goods, so it will impose tariffs on US exports to the EU.
“Those unionists who continue to implement the Union-dismantling Protocol need to waken up to what is happening with their acquiescence.”