[nomadking]

Originally Posted by jfman

You have failed to understand my posts.

You can have a customs union for goods and still strike trade deals in services. You are confusing “a” customs union with “the” customs union.

Again, you can’t possibly know what 17.4 million people voted for that wasn’t specified on the ballot paper.

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Literally all around you in life. On the side of buses, taxis, billboards, train stations, newspapers, magazines, televisions and probably the vast majority of websites the average user accesses is the proof.

If advertising doesn’t work why is so much money spent on it at all?

Different sort of advertising. Ads on products to be chosen form a wide range is very different from ads based upon "political" opinions and principles. Still doesn't mean that viewpoint shouldn't be allowed because of who funded it.

The EU has customs unions with the non-EU countries San Marino, Andorra and, most notably, Turkey. It also has customs facilitation treaties with countries such as Switzerland and Norway, but these treaties do not abolish all border checks on goods.
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If pursued, a customs union option with the EU may pose similar problems for the UK post-Brexit. The UK would have to negotiate FTAs with the EU trading partners and grant them the same preferences (that is, apply the same tariff as that the EU). Third countries, however, could be reluctant to engage in such negotiations since they would anyways have access to UK markets through their FTAs with the EU. The issue would be especially important today when the EU is negotiating a number of ambitious FTAs.