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<p>The Government has been working hard for some time on minimising the impact on
trade flow in the event that the UK were to leave without a deal, this includes meeting
with the Welsh ports, and we recognise the importance of trade between Wales and Ireland.
As set out in the Political Declaration, the UK and EU have both agreed that the future
economic partnership should be based on the principle of no tariffs, fees, charges
or quantitative restrictions across all sectors.</p><p>The UK and Irish governments
have also been clear that maintaining the CTA is a top priority. British citizens
in Ireland and Irish citizens in the UK will continue to be able to live and work
in each other’s countries, and to access healthcare, education, social welfare and
benefits including state pensions.</p><p>In a no deal scenario, the Government will
introduce customs easements to ensure that the flow of imports into Wales will be
as smooth as possible. A pragmatic approach has also been agreed with the secretariat
of the Common Transit Convention for managing movements under that convention. For
exports the impact depends on handling in Dublin, so the Government is working with
all stakeholders to keep potential disruption to a minimum.</p><p> </p>
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