"Thousands of manufacturing jobs and jobs throughout the Agri-Food supply-chain in particular would be threatened should the UK be forced to fall back on WTO trade rules. Such a hard Brexit would lead to punitive tariffs being imposed on cross-border trade," Kelly said, as quoted in the union's Thursday's statement.
Kelly slammed the ruling Conservative Party for their failure to properly assess the consequences of the loss of access to the single market, especially the effect of the hard Brexit on Northern Ireland.
"The performance of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis MP, before his Westminster select committee inspires no confidence in the ability of his government to negotiate Brexit on terms meeting the needs of Northern Ireland’s economy or safeguarding the interests of workers," Kelly said, according to the statement.
On Wednesday, Davis told the Uk parliament committee that the government had not assessed the implications of the failure to strike a Brexit deal since he became Brexit secretary.
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