Brexit - “Lighter touch”

This is from The Guardian Mar 7th 2021
Food scarcity fears prompt plan to ease post-Brexit checks on EU imports

Some highlights:

”With UK exporters to the EU having been severely hit by new rules, regulations and costs of operating under the post-Brexit regime, business organisations and senior figures in Whitehall now fear that EU exporters to the UK – particularly those involved with food – could be even less prepared than their UK counterparts were at the start of this year.

A big worry is that delays resulting from checks could hit food supplies including the “just in time” delivery network.

One senior industry figure said: “The worry is that if we go ahead with more checks and move to checks on imports, then exporters will not be prepared and on this side we are not ready for that either. There is not the infrastructure in place yet or the number of customs officials necessary to carry all this out. We have already seen exports badly affected. The next nightmare could be imports.”…

(A survey found a 45% drop in exports since Jan 1st.)

Is this Taking Back Control with a Lighter Touch?