UK floated single market for goods with EU, media say
Key takeaways
- UK officials told The Guardian that the EU has not definitively rejected a single market for goods and the idea was among options for discussion at a planned EU-UK summit expected in July.
- The spokesperson declined to comment on the report in The Guardian which appeared late on Friday and a similar story published by the BBC on Saturday.
- UK voters decided to leave the EU in a referendum in June 2016.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize UK’s government proposed the creation of a single market for goods with the European Union in what would be an ambitious reset of its post-Brexit ties with the bloc, but Brussels has rejected the idea, UK media reported.
The Guardian said the EU instead suggested UK should join a customs union or agree to deeper economic alignment via the European Economic Area, both of which would require Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reverse his refusal to allow free movement of workers.
UK officials told The Guardian that the EU has not definitively rejected a single market for goods and the idea was among options for discussion at a planned EU-UK summit expected in July.