Will Irish Political Crisis Derail Brexit Talks?

Will Irish Political Crisis Derail Brexit Talks?

Written by: PaxForex analytics dept - Tuesday, 28 November 2017 0 comments

When Brexit negotiations started, everyone expected to face some tough discussions which would range from the divorce bill to citizens right and from a trade deal to security. The easiest to agree on issue was supposed to be the right of citizens, but even that has not been resolved yet. The UK’s commitment to European security appears to be the only positive agreement so far, while the size of the divorce bill has held trade talks hostage. The EU wants to settle the bill first before advancing to complicated trade talks as the deadline is approaching faster than negotiators can agree on.

With time running out, negotiators on both sides could not afford another big problem. After Prime Minister’s May snap election results which forced her into a coalition with the DUP from Northern Ireland, the current Irish political crisis could derail Brexit talks further. Post Brexit, the Irish border will be the only land border between the EU and the UK and Ireland doesn’t want to proceed to trade talks until written guarantees are issued in regards to how the border issue will be resolved. Nobody wants long check-points, border towers and guards.

The issue of the Irish border is complicated enough, but today at 8.p.m the Irish Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald will face a no-confidence vote due to the handling of a whistle blower case. In case she will not pass the vote, it would bring down her Irish minority government and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar stated that it will result in elections next month. This would put intense pressures on Brexit negotiations and could derail much needed trade talks which some have hoped could be started next month.

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Monday’s hopes that new elections could be avoided were squashed with the release of an e-mail cache by the Justice Ministry which pointed towards more knowledge from Deputy Prime Minister Fitzgerald about the police whistle blower and a potential legal strategy in order to discredit the police officer. Fitzgerald denies any part in the issue, but faces growing internal pressures to resign. Many fear that Prime Minister Varadkar will be less willing to hand out concessions on the border while in the midst of an election campaign. Bond traders are not pushing the panic button, and here are three ways forex traders can profit from any potential outcome.

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This exotic currency pair offers forex traders a bit more volatility as well as a lot more upside pips. The South African Rand has rallied over the past few trading sessions and pushed the GBPZAR down into its ascending support level which is merging with a new horizontal support area. As bearish pressures are on the retreat, bulls are set to take charge and reverse the most recent sell-off with a confirmation of its new support area and a subsequent breakout above it.

The CCI has reached extreme oversold territory with a reading below -100 and forex traders should monitor price action near current levels as well as the CCI for a move back towards the 0 mark. A breakout above 0 would result in new long positions as it will confirm a momentum change and potentially a big short-covering rally. Subscribe to the fundamental analysis section at PaxForex and turn every trade into a profitable one.