Chambers of commerce on both sides of the border are pushing hard for trade liberalisation.

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Once capital controls were in place Europe's financial markets would be in tatters and it would be hard to preserve cross-border European trade.

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The outcome of a key debate on whether the party should in future be prepared to enter into a coalition government South of the Irish border is also hard to predict.

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