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UK floats single market for goods with EU

The Port of Dover in southern England. (Photo: Oast House Archive via Wikimedia Commons)

LONDON - The British ⁠government has ⁠proposed the creation of a ​single market for goods with the European Union in what would ​be an ambitious reset ‌of its post-Brexit ties with the bloc, but Brussels has rejected the idea, British media have reported.

The Guardian said the EU instead suggested Britain should join a customs union or agree to ​deeper economic alignment ⁠via the European Economic Area, both of which would require Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reverse his refusal to allow free movement of workers.

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