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Image source, PA MediaThe UK and EU are engaged in a long-standing dispute over the post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
The arrangements - known as the protocol - keep Northern Ireland aligned to EU product standards in order to avoid introducing checks on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
It also puts in place checks on goods moving from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland.
The existence of the protocol has caused tension in Northern Ireland, but reaching a viable solution requires finding an agreement that can satisfy all the interested groups.
So where does each side stands and what do they want?
UK government
Image source, EPAThe EU
Image source, ReutersSlovakian diplomat Maros Šefčovič is leading negotiations for the EU
DUP
Image source, PA MediaDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson with party colleagues
Sinn Féin
Image source, ReutersSinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill after meeting Boris Johnson
Alliance
Image source, PA MediaAlliance party leader Naomi Long also met with the UK prime minister
UUP
Image source, PA MediaDoug Beattie leads the Ulster Unionist Party
SDLP
Image source, PA MediaSDLP leader Colum Eastwood with other members of his party
