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The UK chancellor’s supporters in the Tory party advocate low corporate taxes, so the G7 proposals put him in an awkward position 
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Taking Britain out of customs union will harm jobs and growth, say business chiefs
Graham Watson's insight:
The Guardian discusses the 'new' Brexit proposals for the island of Ireland: it concludes, surprise, surprise, that the plan is potentially very damaging.
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Northern Ireland has become a touchstone for Brexit Britain as trade barriers threaten wider disruption. In the port of Larne, the challenges being faced offer useful lessons for the wider UK
Graham Watson's insight:
The impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland is laid bare in the Observer too - the implication being that the country has been sold down the river.
Again, it's hard to imagine exactly what people thought they were voting for, if it wasn't this.
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It includes the legal text of an updated Brexit deal, including suggested "customs clearance zones" in Northern Ireland.
Graham Watson's insight:
If RTE are to be believed it seems that the 'technological' solution to the 'backstop' will be the absence of a hard border but a very, very fuzzy one over 10 miles.
Ha ha. We really are kidding ourselves aren't we - as the response of the Irish Deputy Prime Minister suggests.
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Still more on the minimum global corporate tax deal, although I think that Phillip Inman gets this wrong - the proposal to agree a minimum corporate tax rate of 15% is currently lower than the current rate of corporation tax in the UK and below the original plan for 21%.
And remember, it's the outliers - the Irelands, the Cypruses and the Hungaries of this world, whose corporate tax rates are well below this, that may ultimately sink the whole proposal.