Japanese government secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that Tokyo has formally requested the United States to exempt Japan ...

Japanese government secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that Tokyo has formally requested the United States to exempt Japan from the 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by US ...

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has urged Sir Keir Starmer to begin talks on a new UK-EU customs union when he meets European leaders in Brussels on Monday. Sir Ed told the BBC the move could grow the ...

The chancellor has said the government is "absolutely happy" to look at joining a pan-European customs area after the EU said it is open to British membership. Earlier this week, EU trade ...

The European Union indicated that it would be open to the UK joining a pan-European customs program that also takes in parts of the Middle East and Africa as part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

What would be the advantage of PEM over a customs agreement specifically with the EU? Any customs agreement with the EU would be tantamount to rejoining the single market, which would come with ...

"The arrangement that's been discussed is not a customs union," he said, when asked if PEM membership would cross the red lines set out in Labour's manifesto for EU ties. "Our red line has always ...

The European Union's new trade chief responsible for post-Brexit negotiations has told the BBC a "pan-European [customs] area is something we could consider" as part of "reset" discussions between ...

Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, wants closer EU ties but has ruled out returning to the single market, customs union or freedom of movement Credit: Benjamin Cremel/Getty His comments are ...

The new EU trade chief responsible for post-Brexit negotiations with the UK has told the BBC that a "pan-European [customs] area is something we could consider" in reset discussions due to start this ...

the customs union or freedom of movement" but Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also said his party wants to "reset" the relationship between the UK and the EU to allow it to be more "pragmatic" and ...