The Irish backstop already gives the European Union the customs union it wants
Brexiters oppose membership of a customs union because they fantasise about the possibilities of an independent trade policy. This is delusional: first, there is no evidence that agility trumps scale in trade negotiations – in fact, bigger economies get better deals.
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