Financial Times:
Boris Johnson?s Brexit deal poses a rules-of-origin conundrum
26 October 2019
If Brexit is a divorce, then Northern Ireland is a child at the centre of a messy custody fight. The new Brexit deal seeks to solve the Irish border problem through joint custody. Whether Northern Ireland is in the EU or the UK will differ depending upon who is asking and why they want to know. This fudge allows both sides to claim victory, but like all custody arrangements it brings with it a new set of rules and restrictions that were not needed during the marriage.
The writer, associate professor of economics at the LSE, contributed to 'The economic impact of Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals' Hanwei Huang, Jonathan Portes and Thomas Sampson, with contributions from Matt Bevington and Jill Rutter. The UK in a Changing Europe & Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. in a 13 October 2019.