Theresa May reportedly wants to stay in the customs union for years after Brexit

British lawmakers are set to vote this week on the terms of the divorce deal that Prime Minister Theresa May has spent two years hammering out with the European Union following the 2016 referendum vote to leave the bloc......»»

Prime Minister Theresa May's government won a confidence vote in the House of Commons with 325 votes versus 306 clearing the way for a delayed Brexit. The European Union is reportedly ready to delay withdrawal until next year. read more.....»»

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal is all but dead and the U.K. needs to come up with a new plan for how it wants to trade with the European Union after the divorce. A customs union could well be part of the solution. Such an arrangement .....»»

Trade with the European Union plunged in the first quarter after the U.K. exited the customs bloc, according to data released on Tuesday......»»

With disruptions at European borders and supply chains perturbed by new tariffs, the U.K. economy has begun to show the negative economic impact of leaving Europe’s single market and customs union......»»

Four years and six months on from the referendum that defined an era of British politics, the U.K. and European Union have agreed on a historic new trade deal to define their relationship after Brexit......»»

Businesses are rushing to stockpile ahead of the departure of the U.K. from Europe’s single market and customs union on Jan. 1......»»

Getty The European Union is reportedly planning to offer the UK a much worse trade deal than its agreements with Canada, Japan, and other major trade.....»»

Getty Brexit may soon cost the UK more than its combined total of payments to the European Union budget over the past 47 years, Blo.....»»

Lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday which will allow Britain to leave the European Union on January 31 with an exit deal, ending more than three years of tumult over the terms of the unprecedented divorce. Francesca Lynagh reports......»»

Is Post-Brexit London Really Doomed? Authored by Howard Davies via Project Syndicate, It is now well over three years since the United Kingdom voted, by a narrow but significant margin, to leave the European Union. Yet .....»»

The British pound on Wednesday traded at the lowest level in more than two years, as concerns about a hasty exit from the European Union continued to pressure the U.K. currency......»»

It’s been three years since Britain voted to break away from the European Union, but the country still hasn’t managed to leave. Delivering a departure turned out to be trickier than the referendum slogans suggested, and the country has yet to de.....»»

Three years after Britain voted (June 23, 2016) to leave the European Union, warning signals for the U.K. economy are finally beginning to flash red. That’s a change. Until last Decemb.....»»

Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East said on Tuesday that uncertainties over Brexit remain an unwelcome distraction for the aerospace industry three years after Britain voted to leave the European Union......»»

British Prime Minister Theresa May probably has not got the credit she deserved for negotiating a Brexit deal with the European Union, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, after May joked about Trump's advice on the topic......»»

An 11th candidate has joined the Conservative party’s race for prime minister, as Theresa May heads to Brussels for her last European Union summit......»»

Goldman Sachs raised its probability of a no-deal Brexit to 15% from 10% on Friday as Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation potentially opened the way for a more hardline politician to lead the UK to exiting the European Union......»»

Even by Brexit standards, the blowback to the fourth iteration of Theresa May's Brexit deal was pretty extreme. Tories hated it, and demanded that May remove a stipulation that Parliament vote on holding a second referendum if an initial vote on the withd.....»»

The British government is discussing how to tweak its proposed European Union divorce terms in a last-ditch attempt to get Parliament's backing for Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the bloc......»»