Commentary: Customs Union: EU Foundation Stone, Brexit Stumbling Stone

摘要

One of the purposes of Brexit is to allow the UK to pursue a commercial policy which.is different from that pursued by the EU. In other words the UK seeks divergence from the EU. One of the fundamental purposes of many agreements between the EU and third countries is convergence. The conflict between the aims of divergence and those of convergence is bound to produce interesting situations requiring the attention of negotiators, not least in the field of customs and trade.