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  EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship - Motion (D) Common Market 2.0 - Retain Relatively Free Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership - External Tarriff Alignment with the EU
  
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  @ MP voted aye for continued relatively free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the UK, EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, achieved via membership of European Free Trade Association (EFTA); and for external tariff alignment between the UK and the EU. 
  
  @ MP voted no against continued relatively free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the UK, EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, achieved via membership of European Free Trade Association (EFTA); and against external tariff alignment between the UK and the EU. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against continued relatively free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the United Kingdom, EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, achieved via membership of European Free Trade Association (EFTA); and against external tariff alignment between the United Kingdom and the European Union. 
  
  
  EFTA is the intergovernmental organisation of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, it promotes of free trade and economic integration between its members[1]. The EFTA's  Agreement on the European Economic Area brings its members and the European Union into a single market.[2] 
  
  Free trade internally and external tariff alignment are the key defining characteristics of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs_union Customs Union].  
  
  The motion rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House 
  :(1) ''directs Her Majestyâs Government'' to (i) renegotiate [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/785113/11_March_PD_-_WEB_VERSION.pdf the framework for the future relationship laid before the House on Monday 11 March 2019 with the title âPolitical Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdomâ] to provide that, on the conclusion of the Implementation Period and no later than 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom shall (a) accede to the European Free Trade Association (Efta) having negotiated a derogation from Article 56(3) of the Efta Agreement to allow UK participation in a comprehensive customs arrangement with the European Union, (b) enter the Efta Pillar of the European Economic Area (EEA) and thereby render operational the United Kingdomâs continuing status as a party to the EEA Agreement and continuing participation in the Single Market, (c) agree relevant protocols relating to frictionless agri-food trade across the UK/EU border, (d) enter a comprehensive customs arrangement including a common external tariff, alignment with the Union Customs Code and an agreement on commercial policy, and which includes a UK say on future EU trade deals, at least until alternative arrangements that maintain frictionless trade with the European Union and no hard border on the island of Ireland have been agreed with the European Union, (ii) negotiate with the EU a legally binding Joint Instrument that confirms that, in accordance with Article 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland of the Withdrawal Agreement, the implementation of all the provisions of paragraph 1(i) of this motion would cause the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to be superseded in full;
  :(2) ''resolves'' to make support for the forthcoming European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill conditional upon the inclusion of provisions for a Political Declaration revised in accordance with the provisions of this motion to be the legally binding negotiating mandate for Her Majestyâs Government in the forthcoming negotiation of the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
  
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  * [1] [https://www.efta.int The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) website]
  * [2] [https://www.efta.int/eea/eea-agreement https://www.efta.int/eea/eea-agreement, The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) website]
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