UK Leaving Customs Union Makes Trade Barriers 'Unavoidable', EU Negotiator Says
The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, sees trade barriers as inevitable if the United Kingdom decides to leave the customs union as part of Brexit, Barnier told reporters Feb. 5. Barnier met the same day with Brexit Secretary David Davis…
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and UK Prime Minister Theresa May. "The only thing I can say, without a customs union and outside the single market, barriers to trade in goods and services are unavoidable," he said. "The time has come to make a choice." Last year, the UK suggested possible customs arrangements going forward that allowed for streamlined operations or a transition period (see 1708150042).