Dual Market Access
That this Assembly affirms the huge opportunity afforded to our local economy as a result of the dual market access available to businesses here, allowing the seamless movement of goods into both the EU and UK markets; recognises that this opportunity has the potential to deliver tangible benefits in terms of job creation, inward investment, improved wages and productivity and improved regional balance; acknowledges the importance of continued efforts to ease the flow of goods moving from east to west and also the need to mitigate damage to North-South services and trade not covered by the Protocol/Windsor Framework; notes that deriving full benefits from our advantageous trading position will require focused intergovernmental and interagency work; and calls on the Minister for the Economy to work with the Irish Government to establish a joint Invest NI-IDA Ireland working group, drawing on expertise from IntertradeIreland, interested business groups and, where relevant, the UK Department for Business and Trade and the EU Directorates General, to develop a clearly defined strategy to maximise the huge economic advantages afforded to Northern Ireland, with the aim of providing reports to the North South Ministerial Council, which will in turn furnish recommendations under Article 14 of the Protocol to the Specialised Committee on the Protocol/Windsor Framework; and further calls on the Minister to provide an update to the Assembly on the establishment of this working group and its actions not later than the end of 2024.
Private Members' Motion
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