Although earlier, UK Prime Minister Theresa May also mulled other options of customs partnership with the EU, now she seems to be determined to fully withdraw the country from the bloc’s customs union within wider Brexit process.
Theresa May said that the work on customs arrangements with the EU after Brexit remains a priority, according to her spokesperson.
He also noted that there were some unresolved issues concerning the future customs options after the meeting of the cabinet’s Brexit subcommettee was held last week.
Earlier in the day, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson lashed out at May’s proposalon the so-called hybrid option of “customs partnership” with the European Union, calling it “undeliverable in operational terms.” The prime minister’s plan presupposes that the UK would continue to collect tariffs set by the EU customs union for goods coming into the country on behalf of the bloc.