Britain's Prime Minister told Northern Ireland politicians on Friday that a deal to improve the province's post-Brexit trading arrangements was not done yet, as a flurry of diplomacy fuelled expectations that one could be finalised within days.
Eastwood said detail from Sunak on the potential deal was "scant", a reaction shared by others. Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said he did not leave knowing much more than when he went in.
The two side have already reached agreement on data-sharing and, in a bid to reduce checks at Northern Ireland ports, the European Commission has said it was open to the idea of "express lanes" to separate goods bound only for Northern Ireland from products heading into Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.
Support from the Democratic Unionist Party , Northern Ireland's largest pro-British party, is particularly crucial after it boycotted the region's devolved parliament in protest at the protocol. A senior DUP member said on Thursday they had not seen any details of the possible deal.
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