Sentences with phrase «sort of customs union»

On Sunday, Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, said it seemed inevitable the UK would have to stay in some sort of customs union after Brexit.

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 union.

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Labour's Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union Paul Blomfield said that the motion gave the House an opportunity to sort out the «total mess» of the UK's customs arrangement.

Would not being part of a Single Market or Customs Union make any difference to any of these sorts of things?

But first it needs to know the border issue is sorted and, despite all the British promises of «creative» or «hi - tech» solutions, the truth is that customs unions have customs borders.

He then insisted: «It's a very relevant comparison because there's all sorts of scope for pre-booking, electronic checks, all sorts of things that you can do to obviate the need for a hard border to allow us to come out of the customs union, take back control of our trade policy and do trade deals.»