Главниот преговарач на ЕУ и порача на Велика Британија: „Дојде време да се направи избор на # Брегзит“

Главниот преговарач на Брексит на Европската унија Мишел Барние told Britain on Monday (5 February) that the time had come for Britain to make a choice on what sort of relationship it wanted with the bloc after Brexit, пишувам Гај Фолконбриџ Ендру Макаскил.

Britain has ruled out staying in any customs union with the EU after Brexit, but the nature of its trading relationship with the world’s biggest trading bloc has split Theresa May’s government and Conservative Party.

“The only thing I can say: without a customs union and outside the single market, barriers to trade and goods and services are unavoidable,” Barnier told reporters in Downing Street. “The time has come to make a choice.”

“We need also clarity on the UK proposals for the future partnership,” Barnier said.

Britain, Davis said, wanted a comprehensive free trade agreement and a customs agreement to make trade as frictionless as possible while being free to strike free trade deals with swiftly growing countries across the world.

Davis said the talks with Barnier had been constructive and that he was confident Britain could get agreement on a time-limited transition period by the March economic council which is scheduled for 13 March.

Such are the divisions within May’s government, that the debate over the extent of Britain’s possible post-Brexit participation in an EU customs union has taken place in public with key ministers offering a range of views.

“The conditions are clear: Everyone has to play by the same rules during this transition,” Barnier said. “The certainty about the transition will only come with the ratification of the withdrawal agreement.”

Членството во или, царинската унија по Брегзит, ќе го спречи Лондон да склучува трговски договори со земји надвор од ЕУ во иднина.

While May has repeatedly said that Britain will leave the customs union, some ministers hope that Britain could remain in some sort of bespoke customs arrangement with the EU after Brexit.

May’s spokesman told reporters that Britain would leave the customs union and would not be a member of a customs union with the EU after Brexit.

“We are very keen that we continue to have an extremely good and close relationship, that relationship be on economic and other grounds, and that it will continue in long term,” Davis said.

“It’s perfectly clear what we want to do and there is no doubt about it,” Davis said.

Negative news around Brexit negotiations and surveys indicating a slowing British economy are sapping investor confidence in sterling GBP = D3, with it dipping 0.8% to $1.4005 on Monday, its lowest since 30 January.

A customs union means that its members apply the same tariff to goods imported into their territory from elsewhere and apply no tariffs to goods from other members. It also limits checks and other bureaucracies at borders between members.

But May is under pressure from Eurosceptic members in her party to quit the trading arrangement because for them the key prize is chance to sign new trade deals with other nations such as the United States, China and India.

May will hold two cabinet meetings on Wednesday (7 February) and Thursday (8 February) at which she will try to heal the deep divisions among her ministers over the best way to leave the EU.

If no deal is reached by October of this year, many businesses fear Britain could face a disorderly exit that would weaken the West, disrupt the peace in Northern Ireland, imperil Britain’s $2.7 trillion (£2 trillion) economy and undermine London’s position as the only financial centre to rival New York.

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