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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

CBI warns UK government over Northern Ireland protocol

CBI director general Tony Danker appears on the BBC’s Sunday Morning show this week.
The CBI director general, Tony Danker, appears on the BBC’s Sunday Morning show this week. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/AFP/Getty Images

The UK’s foremost business lobby group has warned the government that its threat to override the Northern Ireland protocol is forcing companies to think again about investing in Britain and dragging down the economy.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said immediate talks with the EU, rather than political grandstanding, were needed to resolve the impasse over the protocol, which governs post-Brexit trade between the EU, Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

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