Synonyms for customs union
cus·toms union

Princeton's WordNet

1. customs unionnoun

   an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members

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1. Mike Hawes:

   There is growing frustration in global boardrooms at the slow pace of negotiations, government must rethink its position on the customs union.

2. Laura Kuenssberg:

   PM spoke to Merkel at 8 a.m. this morning - No 10 source says she said there could only be a deal if Northern Ireland stays in Customs Union, if not, then deal is 'overwhelmingly unlikely', no 10 (Johnson's office) says PM stressed to Merkel UK believes they had put forward a reasonable new deal, but with no desire to engage on EU side + this demand on NI staying in Customs Union a deal is 'essentially impossible'.

3. Boris Johnson:

   Take out, excise, surgically remove the backstop, OK? thats the problem, thats the lobster pot, thats the trap that keeps us locked in the customs union and means we have this terrible Hobsons choice between, as it were, sacrificing Northern Ireland orremaining subject to the E.U. without having any say in the E.U.

4. Jeremy Hunt:

   They had a lot of concern about, for example how we're going to avoid a hard border with Northern Ireland, whether it is possible to have frictionless trade without a customs union, what we've shown them is that that is possible. This is a very very significant step... I think we have the basis that we can move forward.

5. Robert Hayward:

   Politicians always look at the last set of election results and by definition they're going to look at what happens on May 3 and make a judgment on that, it will have an impact on what has to happen in the budget, 'Do I take a more militant view in relation to the Customs Union, or Brexit, or nurses, or numbers of policemen?'.