Debate contribution: US Trade Tariffs

Debate contribution by Mr Robbie Butler on 28 April 2025.

MLA: Mr Robbie Butler
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 28 April 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: US Trade Tariffs
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4913449

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I will let you off with that one, Mr Speaker. Thank you very much. I thank the First Minister for her answer. She will, I am sure, agree with me that businesses have had to bear, through the Windsor framework, the pressures of Brexit and getting their duties paid back through the HMRC reimbursement scheme and the customs duty waiver scheme. The Secretary of State said that that might be the recourse for businesses if the tariffs apply in Northern Ireland. Does the Minister agree that that is not a good or useful tool to use and that businesses without money for up to three months are put under undue pressure? Has the Executive Office been involved in any conversations in that regard?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 1897/22-27.

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