Sentences with phrase «of the customs union in»

She spoke of «associate membership» of the customs union in her Lancaster House speech last year.

These include continued membership of the customs union in some form, the adoption of the EU charter of fundamental rights into domestic UK law, and Chris Patten's amendment ensuring that the UK and Ireland must agree any new Irish border rules before they come into force.

Not exact matches

The ongoing dispute between so - called Remainers and Brexiteers about this relationship took another turn last week when a majority of the U.K.'s House of Lords — the upper house of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not happen.

At a time when the U.K. is negotiating its future trade relationship with the European Union (EU) as it prepares to leave the 28 - country economic and political bloc, focus is being placed on whether the U.K. could stay in some sort of customs uUnion (EU) as it prepares to leave the 28 - country economic and political bloc, focus is being placed on whether the U.K. could stay in some sort of customs unionunion.

«In Kazakhstan, the topic of the Customs Union has turned into a symbol of Russia and all that is Russian,» Vasiliy Misnik of Almaty's Institute of Political Solutions think tank told Ekspert magazine in JulIn Kazakhstan, the topic of the Customs Union has turned into a symbol of Russia and all that is Russian,» Vasiliy Misnik of Almaty's Institute of Political Solutions think tank told Ekspert magazine in Julin July.

The leader of a faction in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party demanding a clean break from the European Union, has denied issuing an ultimatum after asking her to drop a proposal for a customs partnership with the bloc.

The companies surveyed - the biggest or most internationally - focused banks, insurers, asset managers, private equity firms and exchanges in Britain - were responding to questions about their plans in the event of a so - called «hard» Brexit, where the UK would leave not only the EU but also the single market and Customs Union.

The UK will remain in the single market and customs union until the end of 2020.

In the committee report titled «The impact of Brexit on the processed food and drink sector», chair Rachel Reeves wrote: «The success of the industry has been highly dependent on participating in the [EU] single market and customs unioIn the committee report titled «The impact of Brexit on the processed food and drink sector», chair Rachel Reeves wrote: «The success of the industry has been highly dependent on participating in the [EU] single market and customs unioin the [EU] single market and customs union.

During her Lancaster House Brexit speech in January she spoke of becoming an «associate member» of the Customs Unions.

A Green Paper follows, setting out the Government's general principles on freedom of movement, the single market and customs union, and the right of EU nationals to remain in the UK.

Amid ongoing confusion over the Labour position on Brexit veteran Doncaster MP Flint warned that the public would view any attempt to stay in the customs union and European single market as an attempt to «wriggle out» of the result.

In Ireland, of course, a distinct deal for Northern Ireland is necessary to avoid a hard border with the Republic, while in Great Britain a differentiated deal would most likely create one with England, assuming it (unlike Scotland) left the Single Market and Customs UnioIn Ireland, of course, a distinct deal for Northern Ireland is necessary to avoid a hard border with the Republic, while in Great Britain a differentiated deal would most likely create one with England, assuming it (unlike Scotland) left the Single Market and Customs Unioin Great Britain a differentiated deal would most likely create one with England, assuming it (unlike Scotland) left the Single Market and Customs Union.

My own discussions with Honda in Swindon confirmed to me the importance of membership of the customs union.

But we have given up on staying in the single market (which would require us to accept European jurisdiction and the free movement of labor) or the customs union.

Practically, the lack of time and resources during the transition will make the EU the overwhelming priority; politically, other countries will want to wait and see what kind of deal we strike with the EU before negotiating their deal with us, and thereby also increase their leverage; and legally, we will almost certainly be remaining in the customs union as a result of the phase one deal, with the key prize of agriculture tariffs and standards already guaranteed to be out of our hands.

And what we want from these negotiations, were we conducting them, is to have the benefits of being in the single market and being in the customs union.

In relation to Brexit the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, stated on Monday that the Irish question could be solved by regulatory alignment across the UK, implying support for continued membership of the single market and customs» union.

And the ECJ will rule in favour of them for the simple reason that they are not enforcing the external border of the customs union.

The customs union wasn't mentioned at all in advance sections of the speech sent out to journalists.

Elsewhere in the speech, May promised control of laws, by leaving the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (ECJ); control of immigration, by leaving the single market; rights of EU nationals, despite failing to guarantee at that point that they would not be deported; new trade deals, by leaving the customs union; and free trade with European markets, by pretending that nothing had happened.

The prospect of meaningful trade deals has been demolished by the de-facto commitment to keep Northern Ireland in the customs union.

This would indicate that the vast majority of Labour's half a million members are aligned with the unions and the Parliamentary Labour Party in support of remaining in the EU — or at least in the single market and customs union.

The Customs Bill and the Trade Bill are both stuck in Parliament and can't move forward until Mrs May conjures up a deal with the EU on Britain's membership of the customsCustoms Bill and the Trade Bill are both stuck in Parliament and can't move forward until Mrs May conjures up a deal with the EU on Britain's membership of the customscustoms union.

Mr Corbyn is already under pressure from the trades unions and his own MPs to leave open the possibility of staying in the single market and customs union.

Maybe this country wants to be in the customs union, be part of the single market and commit to the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Over the last 12 months, Leavers were warned that a hard Brexit outside the customs union and single market would lead to the return of a hard border in Ireland.

In a highly significant move, Labour's Keir Starmer called for the single market and customs» union to be put «on the table» as part of the negotiation.

«Emily made clear, as we have done for more than a year now, that the Government needs to deliver a deal which meets our six tests, in particular by explaining how we will maintain current arrangements on the Northern Ireland border, and ensure all UK firms maintain the current benefits of access to the single market and customs union, the source said.

«What we would want is to negotiate around our ability to influence the trade negotiations that would take place on behalf of us all - both ourselves and European countries - in terms of trade via a customs union.

At an event in London, he said: «We're not supporting membership of «the» customs union, but we are looking at «a» customs union.

The obvious one is to stay in the single market and customs union to preserve our current frictionless trade, absence of bureaucracy and access to foreign goods for Britain's shops and industries.

In the absence of agreed solutions, the United Kingdom will maintain full alignment with those rules of the Internal Market and Customs Union.»

Without EU deal, if Ukraine is a member of «Customs Union», Russian goods have an advantage in Ukrainian market

Absence of Ukraine in the Customs Union may undermine the very idea and make it less attractive to other CIS countries.

The government is caught in a four - way pincer movement on the customs union, each part of which gains confidence from the resilience of the others.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) reacted angrily to today's announcement by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to close 35 offices in Wales, Scotland and the North West of England affecting up to 5,000 staff members.

Labour has been forced to insist its position on Brexit remains unchanged after frontbencher Emily Thornberry suggested the party was in favour of staying in the customs union.

As activists gathered in Brighton for the start of the conference, 30 senior figures wrote an open letter calling for the party to do whatever it takes to keep Britain in the single market and the customs union.

Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor who is backing the Soubry amendments, said there was a good chance the government would be defeated as he was «reasonably confident that the shadow cabinet and rest of the parliamentary Labour party» supported staying in the customs union.

«We don't want any faffing around with any of the nonsense that the Government is coming up with in relation to alternatives to the customs union.

This shouldn't be necessary of course — the government said it would stay in the customs union during transition — but ministers now seem uncertain about even this.

Ed Vaizey, for instance, who previously had kept his nose dry, said: «If it is in the interests of our economy to be in a customs union, it should be able to do so without being accused of betraying Brexit.»

«I can not conceive of circumstances where Labour MPs are marshalled to go through the lobby and vote against us staying in the customs union and the single market, with the likes of Jacob Rees - Mogg, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove,» said Mr Umunna.

But, apart from staying in the customs union, he can not think of one.

Leaving the customs union and the single market just to do a trade deal with Trump is like giving up a three course dinner in the hope of a packet of crisps.

In an article for the Guardian, Smith wrote that he wanted the UK to remain members of both the customs union and the single market upon leaving the EU.

The prospect of Commons trouble over the customs union has been raised since ministers suffered a major defeat in the House of Lords on the subject last month.

The whole point of Brexit (beside the symbolism) and of leaving the single market and the customs union is to allow Britain to act independently from its former partners — at least in trade issues.

However, a spokesperson for Corbyn told Business Insider on Tuesday that Labour would in fact keep the option of remaining in the customs union after Brexit.