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  Trade Bill - New Clause 18 - UK-EU Free Trade Area or Customs Union 
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make it a UK negotiating objective to establish a free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU and, if that cannot be agreed by the 21st of January 2019, to make reaching an agreement to enable the UKâs participation in a customs union with the EU a negotiating objective.
  
  @ MP voted no against making it a UK negotiating objective to establish a free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU and, if that cannot be agreed by the 21st of January 2019, against making reaching an agreement to enable the UKâs participation in a customs union with the EU a negotiating objective.
  
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against making it a UK negotiating objective to establish a free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU and, if that cannot be agreed by the 21st of January 2019, against making reaching an agreement to enable the UKâs participation in a customs union with the EU a negotiating objective.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Trade Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Free trade area for goods'' and stated:
  
  :(1) Before exit day it shall be the objective of Her Majestyâs Government to achieve the implementation of an international agreement to enable the United Kingdom to establish a frictionless free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU.
  
  :(2) If an international agreement of the type set out in subsection (1) has not been agreed by 21st January 2019 then it shall be the objective of Her Majestyâs Government to achieve the implementation of an international agreement which enables the United Kingdom to participate after exit day in a customs union with the EU.
  
  :(3) âExit dayâ shall have the meaning set out in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by an explanatory statement saying:
  
  :This new clause would make it a negotiating objective of the UK to establish a free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU and if that cannot be agreed then it should be the objective of the UK to secure an agreement to enable the UKâs participation in a customs union with the EU.
  
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/trade.html Parliament's webpage on the Trade Bill]
  
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