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UK's Sunak hopeful of resolution to Northern Ireland trade row with EU

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts after signing the hull of a ship in production as he visits the Harland & Wolff shipyard factory accompanied by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and H&W CEO John Wood on December 16, 2022 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Charles McQuillan/Pool via REUTERS

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he was hopeful of reaching a resolution to a long-running dispute with the European Union on changing post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.

Technical talks resumed in October for the first time in seven months on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the part of the Brexit deal that mandated checks on some goods moving to Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom.

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