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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
It's not the EU Single Market it's the European Single Market as it also includes non-EU countries like Norway. It was your leader Boris Johnson who wanted this arrangement and not surprisingly I don't recall you criticising him or it at the time.
I'm not sure what you mean about shipping freely from the EU via Ireland as the Republic is in the EU. 
Northern Ireland was flagged by many as a problem that would occur with the UK leaving the EU and the Republic remaining in it and this imperfect work-around has occurred as a consequence.
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Nothing needing to negotiate. Unfettered movement within the UK. What is so complicated about that?
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AFFIRMING the commitment of the United Kingdom to facilitate the efficient and timely transit through its territory of goods moving from Ireland to another Member State or to a third country, and vice versa,
DETERMINED that the application of this Protocol should impact as little as possible on the everyday life of communities in both Ireland and Northern Ireland,
UNDERLINING their firm commitment to no customs and regulatory checks or controls and related physical infrastructure at the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland,
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RECALLING that Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom and will benefit from participation in the United Kingdom's independent trade policy,
HAVING REGARD to the importance of maintaining the integral place of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom’s internal market,
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2. This Protocol respects the essential State functions and territorial integrity of the United Kingdom.
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Under WTO rules, different customs rules between countries(eg GB and NI) means they are separate customs territories, therefore single customs territory means single set of customs rules between GB and NI.