The company I work exports from our warehouse in Sweden all over Europe. The difference in paperwork between exporting to an EU country and a non-EU one is huge. EU exports are simp,y logged in EUROSTAT while non-EU shipments need full tariff declarations, certificates of origin, etc. For goods not made in Sweden but in the USA or China for example, decisions need to be made whether to import in to Sweden or to hold in bonded status and ship if from the manufacturing country. This only touches my work slightly but shows the complexity of non-tariff barriers to trade...
By the way, here’s an article on the past weeks shenanigans from an Irish perspective -
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and...-negotiations/