Donald Tusk: 'No frictionless trade' with EU and UK if outside customs union and single market

European Council president Donald Tusk has warned there can be "no frictionless trade" with the EU if the UK is outside the customs union and single market.
"Friction is an inevitable side effect of Brexit by nature," he told business leaders in Brussels.
A "hard border on the island of Ireland" is one of the "possible negative consequences" of the kind of Brexit set out by the UK's red lines, Donald Tusk said

The European Council president said he would ask Theresa May at their meeting in London whether the UK has "a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border" as that set out in Brussels' draft withdrawal agreement - which has been rejected as unacceptable by the Prime Minister.
Read More