He said he thanked his EU counterpart for his “incredibly positive” and “helpful” comments. Reynolds added that Seif Kovic’s tone presaged the government’s “twin-track strategy” on trade.
“We can improve the terms of trade with the European Union in a way that doesn’t look at arguments about customs unions or single markets or Brexit, and we can do that while maintaining trade links around the world,” Reynolds said. Follow the close links of “.
Labor contested last year’s UK general election with a manifesto to reduce red tape and Brexit-related barriers to exporting food and farm products to the EU.
The question has always been how deep such an agreement could go. This could be resolved in the coming weeks, although no firm decisions have been made yet.
The EU advised the BBC on Thursday that barriers in the sector could be completely removed if the UK adheres to relevant EU rules and standards, a process known as “dynamic alignment”.
Speaking to the BBC in Davos, Reynolds said both ideas put forward by Safecoach – a purely veterinary deal with dynamic alignment – and the pan-European customs plan did not break the government’s red lines.
At the convention of the pan-euro medium convention, he said it had not crossed red lines because “it is not a customs union”.
Asked if the “full-fat veterinary agreement” with dynamic alignment crossed red lines, he said: “No, it’s part of our manifesto, the SPS agreement, the veterinary agreement.” “
The Conservatives have expressed anger at reports of a potential new deal on UK-EU trade, and shadow foreign secretary Dame Preeti Patel has told MPs the government is “bending the EU’s knee”.
“The latest reports that the government may be tying us to the EU, and once again make it clear that Kerr Starr and his cronies are only too happy to put their views before our national interest, whatever the cost. Why not.” said
But the Liberal Democrats have said the government is not doing enough to streamline trade with the EU.
Party leader Sir Ed Davey told the Commons: “Now is the time to put in place a proper UK customs arrangement so we can strengthen our negotiations with Donald Trump, cut red tape on our businesses and grow the economy. can.”
Reynolds told the BBC he was preparing to sue the UK to avoid potential US tariffs on exports, after President Donald Trump suggested the world should pay trillions of dollars for access to markets in the US. Will have to pay.
