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UK/EU customs relations post-Brexit: frictionless trade?

Lode Van Den Hende (Herbert Smith Freehills) considers the UK government’s recently published papers setting out its proposals for UK/EU customs relations post-Brexit.

On 15 and 16 August 2017 the UK government published two papers setting out its proposals for UK/EU customs relations post-Brexit.

The first of the two papers is a ‘future partnership paper’ on UK/EU future customs arrangements which sets out the government’s proposals for UK/EU customs relations and calls for stakeholder input. The second paper is a ‘position paper’ specifically in relation to Northern Ireland/Ireland border arrangements which covers a number of aspects including the movement of goods across the Northern Ireland/Ireland border and which overlaps and builds upon the groundwork in the UK/EU future customs arrangements paper.

The different status of the two papers can be explained by reference to the ongoing UK/EU Brexit negotiations that remain currently at the first...

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