The narrow path to a Brexit deal and CETA tensions

In this week’s podcast, Lorcan Allen and Phelim O’Neill chat about the narrow path to a trade agreement between the EU and the UK and discuss why the CETA trade deal is back in the news.

Lorcan Allen

17 December 2020

The narrow path to a Brexit deal and CETA tensions

Down to Agribusiness weekly podcast

Negotiations between the EU and the UK over a Brexit trade deal continue to rumble on, despite repeated missed deadlines.

But it seems a narrow path has now opened up towards a deal.

The Irish Farmers Journal EU and markets specialist Phelim O’Neill talks us through where things stand right now.

Additionally, we also chat about the likely logistics nightmare facing Irish exporters in 2021 and why the CETA trade deal is back in the news.

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