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May weighs remaining in EU customs union
Sam Lowe of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, said: “Being in such a customs union would place no constraints on the UK’s ability to negotiate in the areas of services, intellectual property, public procurement, data and regulatory barriers to trade in goods.”