Germany Goes Cold on May's Latest Brexit Plan for Customs Union
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is unconvinced by U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest attempt at a compromise arrangement for customs after Brexit, seeing it as unworkable, according to a person familiar with the German stance.
May is proposing a complicated customs setup that would leave the U.K. collecting tariffs on behalf of the European Union on goods crossing its border. May traveled to Berlin on Thursday for talks with Merkel as she seeks backing from key European capitals for her plan on the future trading relationship she wants with the bloc.