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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I thought the whole idea was that we would have regulatory alignment with the EU!
Your proposal that we have a customs union, however, won't work, will it? That would prevent us from making trade deals of our own, which is the chief economic advantage of leaving the EU.
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How can you do trade deals if you have regulatory alignment for most, if not all, goods? A key aspect of trade deals is the aligning and changing of regulations for the various products/industries/whatever with the country you're doing the deal with.
The only reason not to have a customs union if you already have regulatory alignment is either because it isn't full regulatory alignment (which means check for some things) or you want to diverge from that later. Both would require a customs border.