The UK pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the European Union as part of an attempt to reset trade with the bloc, it has been reported.
As Keir Starmer tries to win over the nation following Labour’s catastrophic defeat in the local elections this month, he has promised closer relations with the EU in an attempt to boost the economy.
According to The Guardian, as part of Starmer’s so-called ‘Brexit reset‘, the Cabinet Office’s leading official on EU relations, Michael Ellam, raised the idea of a single market for goods only on a recent trip to Brussels.
The plan would mean British products would be able to circulate in the continent free from checks and tariffs but the EU rejected the idea with negotiators instead wanting to focus on smaller areas.
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