The renewal of the Customs Union with the European Union (EU) remains a “red line” for the government in London. It was announced on Sunday by British Interior Minister Yvette Cooper for Sky News Sunday Morning in response to liberal calls to deepen the Kingdom of relations with Europe. Tom informs on the basis of a DPA report.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet EU leaders on Monday (3 February 3) to try five years after his country’s departure from the European block to “reset” mutual relations.
Liberal Democrats called on Starmer to start interviews with the EU that could prepare the land for the renewal of the Customs Union. However, Starmer excluded this. His Labor Party, however, let the open opportunity to join another block, the Paneuro-Mediterranean (PEM) of the Convention.
According to Cooper, the government wants to “get rid of a part of cross -border bureaucracy”, but the restoration of the customs union and the free movement of persons remains a red line.
They want to trade more with the US
In response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to introduce 25 % duties for the long -term allies of Canada and Mexico Cooper said the United Kingdom wanted “stronger business relations” with the US. The global trade war is rising.
“That is why we are working to restore relationships with our European neighbors so that we can improve trade so that we can improve cooperation in law enforcement,” she said, adding that Britain must also look for stronger trade relations with the US and other countries.
According to Cooper’s Trump, he risks that new duties will have a harmful impact on the global economy. In addition to tariffs for Canada and Mexico, the US will introduce additional duties of 10 % of China imports from Tuesday (4 2.). This has raised concerns about the new era of commercial wars around the world. Cooper said that the United Kingdom wanted to demolish business barriers, not to build. Critics of Trump’s duties warned that they could raise prices and stimulate inflation in the US.
But while the Liberal Democrats called on the government to build tighter business relations with the EU, the shadow minister of the opposition Conservative trade Andrew Griffith said that Prime Minister Starmer should enforce narrower trade relations with the US. According to him, he should “redirect his plane” and fly to Brussels on Monday to Washington. As regards the introduction of tariffs in the US on imports from Britain, London does not think that the US will approach it as the US does not have a trade deficit with it.
