Sort out row over NI Protocol so logistics can start planning longer-term

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Legal and political struggles over the Northern Ireland Protocol pose little immediate danger to day-to-day supply chain operations, but do threaten the viability of strategic future planning.

Yesterday, the EU began legal proceedings against the UK over its decision to extend grace periods on new customs checks on products moving GB-NI, said to be an infringement of the protocol, with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) launching a judicial review of the protocol itself.

Unionist DUP party member Lord Hay said the protocol ...