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title: "Resilience and Growth: Why cross-border traders are outperforming their peers"
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# [Resilience and Growth: Why cross-border traders are outperforming their peers](https://blog.intertradeireland.com/resilience-and-growth-why-cross-border-traders-are-outperforming-their-peers)

 Written by [Martin Robinson](https://blog.intertradeireland.com/author/martin-robinson) | 23 December 2025

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