The recently published White Paper outlining the UK government’s proposed future relationship with the European Union after Brexit has drawn mixed reaction from that country’s freight forwarding community.
“The paper proposes retaining something as close to the Single Market and Customs Union as is possible, with positive ideas on future Customs matters and international trading arrangements,” said Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association.
“The proposals on customs, where the UK is proposing to apply EU tariffs to EU goods passing through the UK, while having the freedom to set different tariffs on goods entering the UK, look complex and untested, something that has already seen negative comment from the EU."
