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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
It’s very simple and a matter of rules interpretation. The EU could be friendly and assist definition of goods that are UK internal market only and thus exempt from NI customs treatment. They could agree to this in the interests of avoiding further sectarian dispute.
The Unionists quite reasonably want NI to be a proper part of the UK. The EU wants to split the UK up.
EDIT: MFN/WTO rules don’t come into this. NI is part of the UK.
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It's not really rules intepretation though is it? It's changing the rules. The UK agreed that NI would be (sort of) part of the EU Single Market to keep the NI/IE border open. Now we want to change that.
There were mechinaisms in place for border posts for GB-NI trade that would facilitate the segregation of GB and EU goods but the unionists stopped them.
On your final point of MFN/WTO rules, like it or not, Northern ireland does border the EU. Without the NIP, WTO/MFN rules would apply and that either close the border or open all UK borders to unlimited trade.