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UK and EU strike deal on Northern Ireland trade

The deal has struck has been done on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The UK and the EU reached a deal after months of talks over contentious post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland. Details are now being pored over by lawmakers on both sides of the English Channel, but the plan is aimed at easing customs red-tape, equalizing some tax rules across the United Kingdom, and giving Northern Ireland鈥檚 lawmakers more of a say over the future of the arrangement.

(Picture: EU President Arrives In UK For Final Brexit Talks. Picture Credit: Getty Images)

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