I agree with that. Its a good optimistic way to look at it
Mairead McGuinness was encouraging SMEs to think direct trade. I guess the language barrier is an issue for a lot but you could imagine a lot of small companies doing great business once the get into french/german supply chains.
I think the west cork distillery in skibb went from about 20 employees to about 80 off the back of a Carrefour contract.
Mairead McGuinness said that thinking about trade with other EU nations as ‘cross-border’ prevents Irish SMEs from thinking about opportunities.
www.breakingnews.ie
It may even change things like how language learning is viewed in the education system with all sorts of knock on effects to emigration patterns and the like