Britain’s Trade Minister says the country must leave the EU customs union to strike new trade deals after Brexit, widening a major fissure within British politics over future trade relations with the bloc.
International Trade Secretary liam Fox says remaining inside the tariff-free EU trade zone “would limit our ability to reach new trade agreements with the world’s fastest-growing economies.” But Fox was contradicted today by the trade department’s former top civil servant. Martin Donnelly says quitting the customs union is like “giving up a three-course meal ... For the promise of a packet of crisps in the future.