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Secondly, the provision of shorter customs and SPS paperwork was, in any event, afforded only in return for taking on other compensating border frictions, cancelling out the benefits arising from the reduction of border frictions resulting from shorter customs and international SPS forms. These additional frictions include having to apply to join and maintain membership of a trusted trader scheme—something already mentioned tonight, and an expense to which people trading within GB are not subject—being legally liable if goods moved on the green lane end up in the Republic of Ireland, and having to submit to the requirement to place “not for EU” labels on certain food products made in GB and sold in Northern Ireland.